I love old police photographs, particularly any that show antiquated forensics. I got this shot of some old police lab guys and their equipment from the photo unit at One Police Plaza, aka 1PP. There was no date – can anyone guess when this was taken? I displayed it at my book party and then […]

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 The case that affected me the most was the March 8, 1951 murder of Jean Sanseverino. She came to New York from Alabama to be with the husband who had left her a year before and had returned to New York, where he was from. It didn’t go well. He wanted to send her back […]

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This is Vito Spano, the former commanding officer of the Cold Case Squad, at the beginning of his career. (He looks like a young Al Pacino, doesn’t he?) He will be with me this Saturday at the Museum of the City of New York to discuss the history of cold case work. The details: Saturday, […]

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I put together a slide show about unsolved homicides and I’m giving it for the first time at the Barnes & Noble on 6th Avenue at 22nd Street, at 7PM on Monday, July 18th.

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