Babes in the Woods

Last chance to try and snag a brick or two before the 1911 Henry Hudson Elementary School in Kitsilano is just a distant memory. Demolition of the red brick building started Thursday. The Namesake: Since it’s out with the old, I’m wondering if a name change was considered for the new school? Henry Hudson, it… Continue reading RIP Henry Hudson Elementary School

Seventy years ago this week, two tiny skeletons were found in Stanley Park and quickly became known as the Babes in the Woods. Last February, they were identified through genetic genealogy as Derek and David D’Alton aged 7 and 6 when they were murdered in 1947. This is an excerpt from my new book Cold… Continue reading Still Unsolved: Babes in the Woods, 70 Years Later

In February, we learned that the Babes in the Woods, the two little boys who were murdered in Stanley Park 75 years ago—were Derek D’Alton aged seven and his brother David, six. Genetic genealogy—the latest crime fighting tool was able to do what seven decades of police work could not—identify the little boys through familial… Continue reading Meet Olivia McCarter

Cold Case Vancouver: The City’s Most Baffling Unsolved Murders Jennie Eldon Conroy: A few days after Cold Case Vancouver was finished and sent off for editing; I received an email from Daien Ide at the North Vancouver Museum and Archives. Daien had come into the possession of a family album with the owner’s name, Miss… Continue reading Cold Case Vancouver: The City’s Most Baffling Unsolved Murders