by John Floyd | Mar 7, 2020 | Criminal Law, Murder
As of October 2019, genetic genealogy had been used to solve roughly 50 rapes and homicides across 29 states, including the infamous Golden State Killer. Family Tree DNA defines genetic genealogy as “the use of DNA testing to determine relationships between...
by John Floyd | Jan 11, 2020 | Criminal Justice Reform, Murder
Seven inmates escaped from the John B. Connally prison facility near Kenedy, Texas in December 2000. They became known as the “Texas Seven.” Eleven days after their escape, the men robbed a sporting goods store in Irving, Texas. Local police were alerted to the...
by John Floyd | Nov 15, 2019 | Murder, Prosecutorial Misconduct
There was little doubt that Anthony Rashad George participated in the November 2016 robbery of 46-year-old Brian Sample in a North Dallas, Texas luxury hotel. A second person, Rodney Range, was also charged with capital murder for participating in that robbery. Two...
by John Floyd | Feb 25, 2019 | Appeals, Murder, Prosecutorial Misconduct
Known as the “Railroad Killer,” Angel Resendiz was no angel. During his forty-seven years on this earth, his Wikipedia entries say he killed as many as 23 people. Just weeks shy of his 40th birthday, Resendiz surrendered to Texas authorities on July 13, 1999. He had...
by John Floyd | May 4, 2018 | Murder, Sex Crimes
The Golden State Killer (GSK), as he was dubbed by the media, went on a prolific crime spree in ten northern California counties between 1974 and 1986, murdering as many as 13 people, committing 45 or more rapes, and burglarizing more than 120 homes. He left DNA...
by John Floyd | Mar 5, 2018 | Capital Crimes, Murder
Kent Whitaker—an extraordinary man and an exceptional father. A person could travel this wretched globe ten times over and could count the number of Kent Whitakers he would find on one hand. On December 10, 2003, Kent Whitaker’s eldest son, Thomas “Bart” Whitaker,...
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