Anuksha Amrita

Lonnie David Franklin Jr. also known as Grim Sleeper in a court

03/06/2022

The Case Study of Grim Sleeper’s Victims

“Tales of the Grim Sleeper” is a crime film premiered on HBO. It’s a real-life story of an American Serial killer that will leave you with fear in the pit of your stomach. To put it most simplistically: This movie is scary, and so is the actual case. Lonnie David Franklin ...

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A male and a female shaking their hands thus transferring DNA of one to another

Forensics

19/05/2022

Touch DNA And Its Hooked Controversy

We have heard a lot about shedding dead skin cells to the immediate environment of our body. Often not visible to our naked eyes, it does take place and is quite helpful in identifying an individual. Forensic science has always tried to focus on trace evidence and exploit any phenomenon that ...

Digital Forensics

24/03/2022

Pegasus Spyware Controversy And Its Investigation in India

Privacy is our fundamental right and its violation by anyone is directly inviting a criminal charge against them; be it a person, an organization, or any Government entity. Cybercrimes, the new generation of crime is spreading like wildfire. In this era of the internet, our privacy is not so private to ...

Forensics

18/03/2022

A Look back at The Sweetheart Murders Case Study

In the winter of 1980, two UC Davis freshmen, John Riggins and Sabrina Gonsalves, were abducted and murdered. The case became known as the “sweetheart murders.” It took more than 30 years to solve the mystery of their disappearance and finally close the case. The Missing Van and Recovered Dead Bodies ...

Case Studies

15/03/2022

The Cold Case of Valerie Percy’s Murder

Fifty-six years later, it remains one of Illinois’ best-known and most mysterious unsolved killings. Valerie Jean Percy, 21, was found beaten and stabbed to death in her bed on 18th September 1966, in her family’s Kenilworth mansion. It was the first homicide in the history of the North Shore suburb. Cold cases enjoy ...

Case Studies

06/03/2022

40-Year-Old Murder Mystery of Michelle Martinko Solved

What do we know about Michelle Martinko and the arrest that re-opened the 40 years old cold case? Four decades ago, 18-year-old Michelle Marie Martinko was found stabbed to death in the family’s car in the parking lot of a Cedar Rapids mall. Exactly 39 years after her death, police took a ...

THE Mysterious Unsolved Cold Case of Hinterkaifeck Murders

Case Studies

02/03/2022

THE Mysterious Unsolved Cold Case of Hinterkaifeck Murders

The unsolved, gruesome and famous murder mysteries have always grabbed our attention. Isn’t it? Hinterkaifeck murders or also known as Farm Murders just like its name is one of the creepiest, catchy and ghastly murder cases in German History. Hinterkaifeck was the name of the farm owned by the Gruber family ...

Forensics

01/03/2022

Case Study of South Korea’s Missing Frog Boys

Crime cases involving children are one of the most disturbing cases. This missing case of Frog Boys was one of the most famous cases for missing children until they were found dead in South Korea. This case still remains unsolved and equally mysterious. More so when five young children disappear without ...

Forensics

24/02/2022

Mysterious Cold Case of Tamara Greene

Tamara Greene was an exotic dancer known as Strawberry. In April of 2003, she was killed in a drive. An unsubstantiated rumor later spread that she had danced at the never-proven Manoogian Mansion party and that she had been murdered to cover it up. The murder of this exotic dancer made ...

Forensics

22/02/2022

A Glance at the Bennet Family Murders

The very famous, more than three decades old case of Bennet family murders has recently been in the news. This horrific and cold case of Aurora, Colorado has kept everyone wondering about the culprit while this horrendous incident kept sending chills to the bones of people all around the world. Let ...

become a crime scene investigator in india

Forensics

17/02/2022

How to Become a Crime Scene Investigator in India?

Shows like Sherlock Holmes and C.I.D have always been interesting and motivational enough for the younger generations to pursue a career as a Crime Scene Investigator. Fantasizing themselves as the dexterous detective who solves the case as soon as he/she reaches the crime scene is a dream for many of the ...

Forensics

15/02/2022

Choosing Criminal Profiling as a Career Choice in the US

Criminal profiling as a profession seems very enticing to many of us who are interested in the field of investigation and policing yet the information that we have regarding criminal profiling as a career is very limited. Before choosing any profession, we should have all the background knowledge about it. A ...

Forensics

12/02/2022

Role of Forensic Scientists in Convicting a Criminal?

Forensic science is an integral part of the criminal justice system and forensic scientists are the man at arms of this field. The role of a forensic scientist in a conviction of criminal is of immense importance but, is it 100% or not is a big question to be asked and ...

Top 5

10/02/2022

Top 8 Crime Shows Worth Watching For Forensic Students

If you are an Indian and a 90’s kid, C.I.D would have definitely been the only show that gave you a fictitious knowledge of forensic sciences. Our very own Dr. Salunke is the superhero, without whom no case would have been solved. No matter how many doors Daya must have broken, ...

Case Studies

31/01/2022

Butcher of Bosnia: Serbian Who Committed Crimes Against Humanity

Ratko Mladić is a Bosnian Serb convicted war criminal and colonel-general who led the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) during the Yugoslav Wars. In 2017, he was found guilty of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The 78-year-old Ratko Mladić, ...