Long Island Woman Who Vanished 50 Years Ago Dug up From Cop Boyfriend's Basement.

Andrew Rotchford

Current Event 21

Augustine, Seth. “Long Island Woman Who Vanished 50 Years Ago Dug up From Cop
Boyfriend's Basement.” Forensic Magazine, Forensic Magazine, 11 apr,
www.forensicmag.com/news/2018/04/long-island- woman-who- vanished-50- years-ago- dug-cop-
boyfriends-basement.

The article this week that I chose to read “Long Island Woman Who Vanished 50 Years
Ago Dug up From Cop Boyfriend’s Basement” written by Seth Augustine by Forensics
Magazine. In 1966 about 50 years ago, Louise Pietrewicz went to her bank and took out all of
the money out of her account and disappeared. She left behind the purse and was trying to get
out of a terrible marriage, The Cold Case sitting in a file room for 51 years until a local tip came
up from a woman who was having affair with Louise's husband. The tip ended up leaving
investigators to use sonar waves in the ground where they found a skull. “Cold cases are always,
always in play. We’re always looking at information we obtain.” Police had tried to dig up the
residence in 2013, but did not find anything. After the investigators dug up the skeleton, forensic
scientist were able to connect the DNA to Louise. The tip made by The Mistress of her husband
would end up helping the case, Louise's husband died in 1982 who was the lead suspect.

This is a absolutely reflection of how modern forensic science has helped the past , cold
cases like this that have been sitting in a file cabinet for 51 years are finally being able to be

solved because of technology today. Louise is murder was found with top of the line sonar
equipment. Showing there are many ways to use modern technology to help the past . More and
more cases like these are going to be solved in modern day, finally after many years some
justice can be served.

The author did a good job with the article, the one thing to critique him about is his
information used from the case. He talks about how she disappeared and how the body was
found but other things have been left out. The article was very informative but I would have
appreciated more info about the case.

They Died Near the Border. Art Students Hope to Bring Them Back - Zach Zucker

Zach Zucker

Mr. Ippilotio

Brown, Patricia Leigh. “They Died Near the Border. Art Students Hope to Bring Them Back.”

The New York Times, The New York Times, 2 Mar. 2018. www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/arts/design/new-york-academy-of-art-arizona-border.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.

After reading Patricia Leigh Brown’s article “They Died on the Border” the main impression that I took away from this article was that I was very impressed with the author’s work. Thus because I liked this work so much with the work that the author put into it, I found this review that she made to be very interesting to read for my latest current event. Therefore this article emphasizes the forensic reconstruction particularly the face with scientific accuracy. She states this when she also highlights its purpose because when you do this it helps in cases where decomposition has rendered a face that is found to be unrecognisable. She states in her article that because people do not spend enough time on the matter, the matter itself has become a major issue with immigrants near the southern US- Mexico border. Although the number of people attempting to enter has decreased the number of people who die near the border has increased with what’s happened to our country in the last year with the madness that has occurred with Donald Trump being the United States President and all his problematic policies.

The main purpose is to ensure that these people in search of better lives don't lose their identities in the process. The process that recreating faces has is that it can be helpful for identifying people's DNAs. It can be used domestically with decade old homicides and abroad with soldier identification. Therefore from this article that is very well done, I think it would be interesting to study history and not only see paintings to people but have a realistic feel of what they actually looked like because you don’t know what a person is perceived like unless you have a clear photo that resembles there features: such as Julius Caesar and King Henry the third. Therefore, Brown points out the fact that our new technology saves people from falling through generation is  something that I find very interesting and there should further advances in forensics and in other fields which allow people even after death to be noticed and give closure.

Though I enjoyed reading Mrs. Brown’s review on the matter, and though I believe that the article was very well written, it was not perfect because there were more questions left than answered which were covered within her article. Therefore while she will not here my view, the one thing that I believe the author could work  on in the future would be to see the author add a personal case and opinion to see if this matter could be really used. I say this because the article was rather broad and didn’t give me the reader much victory since it didn’t discuss how this method has lead to people being identified or how it gave closure to families because it only vaguely summarizes it. The article seemed to talk about the same thing a lot when I wished it gave better description and engaged the reader more. Although the topic was interesting the way the author presented the results was a little boring and left me wanting more detail. I chose this article because it spoke to me personally with the many problematic issues that are going around our world right now as well as the fact that I love the New York Times. I enjoyed reading this article and I find this matter on the subject very interesting to read.

Wrongfully Imprisoned for 23 Years, White Sox Employee Gets His Job Back

Hauser, Christine. “Wrongfully Imprisoned for 23 Years, White Sox Employee Gets His Job Back.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 27 Mar. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/us/white-sox-groundskeeper.html.

The article titled “Wrongfully Imprisoned for 23 Years, White Sox Employee Gets His Job Back” by Christine Hauser details the story of Nevest Coleman. He was a groundskeeper at the White Sox’s stadium at 25 before being convicted of rape murder of a young women. After 23 years behind bars new DNA evidence has come to light which has cleared him of the rape and murder. The evidence which came up was allegations of police misconduct and semen samples collected from the body and clothing of the victim. When the DNA from the semen did not match Mr. Coleman's DNA, he was released

This article does contain relevance to society today. The city of Chicago is going back and is willing to overturn past convictions and make sure they get it right with the new technology being used to clear innocent people.

This article was well written and have a good insight to the process behind proving innocence in old cases where new technology is being used.

“Crime Lab Gets Shot in the Arm” by Caitlin Kelly

Martha Thomas

4/11/2018

“Crime Lab Gets Shot in the Arm” by Caitlin Kelly

Kelly, Caitlin. “Crime Lab Gets a Shot in the Arm.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 16 Sept. 2007, www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/16mainwe.html.

Last year burglars went to three Subway sandwich shops in central Westchester. At the crime scene, a hat with a hair on it was found and  the hair’s DNA matched a sample in a federal database of known criminals, leading to an arrest and a conviction. This case brought up the issue  of the “CSI effect: the increasing expectation on the part of the police, prosecutors and jurors that DNA testing be done as a matter of course.” In Westchester the Department of Laboratories and Research conducts DNA tests for local crime. Because this lab receives 1,000 DNA tests in a year, it is therefore forced to prioritize murder and rape cases before burglary cases. Dr. Millard Hyland of this lab is a firm proponent of DNA testing. He believes that this type of testing, especially when conducted in his lab, is accurate and ensures justice in the community.

Forensic science is relevant in all sorts of criminal activity. The accuracy of this science ensures justice in burglary cases as well as murder and rape cases. This is important because all types of crime can hurt and disrupt communities and it is the responsibility of crime labs to test and fairly prosecute people to restore safety to these communities.

This article was well written. However it was difficult to identify the point of view of the author because she jumped from talking about forensic science solving a burglary case, to the offices talking about how burglary cases are last on their lists and not particularly important cases. This article would have been better if the author had more focus.

Long Island Woman Who Vanished 50 Years Ago Dug up From Cop Boyfriend's Basement.

Augustine, Seth. “Long Island Woman Who Vanished 50 Years Ago Dug up From Cop Boyfriend's Basement.” Forensic Magazine, Forensic Magazine, 5 Apr. 2018, 12:40, www.forensicmag.com/news/2018/04/long-island-woman-who-vanished-50-years-ago-dug-cop-boyfriends-basement.

This week I’m reviewing the article “Long Island Woman Who Vanished 50 Years Ago Dug up From Cop Boyfriend’s Basement” which was written by Seth Augustine for Forensics Magazine. Fifty years ago in 1966 Louise Pietrewicz cleared and closed her bank account of funds a day before she disappeared forever. The only thing she left was her purse on the side of the road and a rocky marriage. The case has been left unsolved for over 51 years until a tip came from the woman Louise's husband had and affair with contacted police. This led investigators to use new ground-penetrating sonar to find the full skeleton. Lead investigators from the police department commented that “Cold cases are always, always in play. We’re always looking at information we obtain.” Police had previously dug up the residence in 2013, but failed to find anything. When they found the skeleton forensic investigators were able to trace the skeletons DNA to the daughter of Louise. The person of interest was Louise's Husband who died in 1982, so no arrests were made.

This story is very relevant to our progress made with forensic technology. Recently cold cases across the world have been solved with new and advanced technology. Louise’s murder was found with a new sonar detection device. This progress overturned a previous attempt at finding her body. Advancements in forensic technology are helping these cases whether its advancement in DNA identification or new chemical tests. The upgrades in technology are helping to bring justice to these victims and cases who would have otherwise been left unsolved.

Overall, Augustine did a pretty good job at the current event. However, he wasn't very specific in talking about the general information of the case. He talked about how she disappeared, and how her body was found with sonar technology. He left much other contextual and outside information to be desired. He could've added information about the investigation or the technology they used. However, it still was very informative and interesting about the crime overall.