End-based analysis is common, but meaningful analysis can occur at any point in case work. Asking, and answering through analysis, focused questions along the way can deepen our understanding of a matter. The case of Asha Degree, a nine-year-old from Shelby, North Carolina, who disappeared after setting out on a solo trek in the earlyContinue reading “Beyond End-Based Analysis: The Asha Degree Case”
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Diane Marie Shields: Hitting The Limit Of Available Evidence
BLUF | A key roadblock analysts face in exploring historic cases is hitting the limit of available evidence due to low media coverage. Barring the full release by law enforcement of case files, you’ve likely taken a project as far as it can go. Source statement: No formal law enforcement or government documents were foundContinue reading “Diane Marie Shields: Hitting The Limit Of Available Evidence”
Russell And Shirley Dermond: When Intelligence Gaps Impair Analysis
BLUF | There may be a point where there are simply too many intelligence gaps to conduct an analysis. In such times, you may need to work with investigators to build a stronger data set before beginning or proceeding in your work. Details On 6 May 2014, neighbors conducting a welfare check on Russell andContinue reading “Russell And Shirley Dermond: When Intelligence Gaps Impair Analysis”
Hugues De La Plaza: An Analysis Of Murder Vs. Suicide
BLUF | Formal analytical techniques originally developed for use in intelligence analysis are equally effective in crime analysis. The 2007 death of dual citizen Hugues de la Plaza, who was found in his San Francisco, California, apartment, is unresolved by local authorities with conflicting hypotheses as to whether he succumbed by homicide or suicide. TwoContinue reading “Hugues De La Plaza: An Analysis Of Murder Vs. Suicide”
The Route 91 Harvest Shooting: An Analysis Of Motives
The following is an application of the Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH) to the Route 91 Harvest shooter case, the mass murder of 58 persons attending an open-air music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 1 October 2017. The case came to a dissatisfying close in early 2019 with investigators announcing a motive was notContinue reading “The Route 91 Harvest Shooting: An Analysis Of Motives”