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Encouragement? or more frustration?
Here is a portion of the email I received and mentioned in the last post. I'll leave it to readers to decide whether it means something may happen in the Stacey Burns murder case. (I thought New Hampshire had a "Cold Case Unit" in place, even after the grant money of...
Reason to be encouraged?
Based on information in emails I've received over the last week, the murder of Stacey Burns is receiving considerable attention at high levels of law enforcement and government due to the diligence of an individual who has sent numerous communications regarding the...
14 Days plus contact info
Two reminders: First, I've been asked why some comments on this blog are not published. It is not what you may think. (censorship) Most likely, if your comment is not published, it is because I was unable to contact you through the e-mail associated with your alias....
Nearing the end . . .
Okay, folks! After many years, untold hours of interviews, hundreds of pages of notes, trips to NH, substantial expenses, and now facing the apparent fact that the killer of Stacey Burns is never going to be judged on this planet, I've decided to rearrange priorities...
School Nurse Day
Ironically, three weeks from today is designated as School Nurse Day. One week later will be the eighth anniversary of Stacey Burns' last day on the planet. Here are portions of another email I received in response to my "Admissable/Inadmissable" blog post. It...
Admissable versus inadmissable
Regarding my last post, if something is lacking, such as admissible evidence, does that mean that there might be inadmissible evidence? Just wondering . . .what if there is evidence that because of some legal issue is not admissible in a court? We've all heard of it....
Another surpising email!
Today I received this email. The only thing new I see in it is in the 10th line down. It is the first time I've seen someone in authority use the phrase "state of admissible evidence." (Could have missed this before but I don't think so) Further, it says the lack of...
No Photo Available?
Interesting-After my blog post quoting the cold case listing for Stacey Burns as having "No photo available" now there is a photo on that page. Here is the link for anyone interested. http://www.doj.nh.gov/criminal/cold-case/victim-list/stacey-burns.htm Duke
Now-Not a Cold Case?
The following came to me in an email this morning. Would anyone care to comment? I, for one, am confused. Was posting the Stacey Burns "Unsolved homicide" on the cold case list really an effort to get someone to step forward? I've been told, and this is just an...
Stacey’s Cold Case Notice
For those who may have missed it, here is the notice regarding the now cold case file on the Stacey Burns murder. This is taken directly from the New Hampshire Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General site. Status: Unsolved homicide Details: "On May 10,...
Stacey Burns-A Cold Case
I just looked at the current list of cold cases published by the NHSP. Stacey Burns's name is on it. Is my understanding of a cold case correct? That is, there has been nothing new on the case for a year? If so, I guess that the three separate people who contacted me...
Contact Information
I regularly receive responses to blog posts, both my own and others. For the record, if you name a person as the killer of Stacey Burns, I will contact you to see if you truly want me to publish that post so that the general public may see it. However, in several...