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Maybe. Sort of (eye colour is a lot more complicated than it was thought to be 25 years ago, there is a slew of modifier genes). Because brown is dominant, people with brown eyes can carry genes that would produce blue, grey or green eyes. Those lighter colours can hide through many generations...

It's possible, I suppose, even though he was described as being popular and very involved in student activities. To me, the biggest drawback to this is that his body was never located. In the midwest, almost all suicides are found. There just aren't that many places where human eyes don't see...

Something I just remembered, that I learned from a friend who was coordinating her parents' care during the last years of their life. In the US, there are computerised pill containers that are set to dispense pills at the correct time(s) each day. The pill(s) fall into a little chamber with a...

My father is Korean; what applies to Koreans may not apply to any of the Chinese cultures but my overall impression is that the attitude towards name changes may be the same. To Koreans, it is no big deal for someone who leaves Korea to work in the west to change their name, either in full or by...

This is good to know, thank you. SBM That sounds incredibly lonely, to be withholding such a secret from his parents. My guess is also that Mr Baker feels like his parents would view him as a terrible failure, which is a heavy burden for anyone to carry. I realise that showing any compassion...

No. The photos in the flier aren't all that clear but they do not look like him, so far as I can tell. I'm not going to use his name, since the people who had bought his business (before Lyric and Elizabeth were abducted) suffered significant disruption to their business when his name was...

Many/most of the Chinese cultures see mental illness as a huge stigma and so seeking out psychological treatment is not an obvious response to them. Another barrier would have been that, as I recall, he did not have high level English skills. He was capable of working in a custodial job but the...

I'm sad for the mother of his victim that she feels so gutted by the ruling. I disagree with her that someone who had untreated mental illness and while in a state where he had no ability to distinguish right from wrong should be in prison for life even if he gets treatment, the mental...

From what I can gather, amnesia is a fairly rare condition and always has been. But it is often put forth as a theory when a person goes missing if there is no obvious evidence found of foul play. I think it is emotionally easier for someone to think that their loved one has suffered from...

That's an interesting question. I know that as someone who has lived in Iowa for 60 years and used to love hiking in the woods, I always checked out what activities were allowed in a given area if I intended to use it in the fall or early winter. The overwhelming majority of hunters are...

I believe I am the person who hypothesises that Ron Tammen got his blood typed so that someone else could use his results to cast doubt in a paternity case. It was, according to my late mama, a fairly common ploy for a young man who got an unmarried woman pregnant to eel his way out of paternity...

I wonder if the "he heard a sound" story started out as some investigator's theory as to why he left his room and then it evolved to "well, he must have heard a sound" and finally to "he heard a sound."

After five months of exposure to the elements, it seems unlikely to me that DNA might survive under fingernails. I'm not sure how to put this delicately but... the fingernails were probably detached from the bodies by that point, which would provide even less protection from soil microorganisms...

I just can't get past the fact that if someone wanted to intimidate or threaten DM, the timing is all wrong. DM had just decided to REFUSE a plea bargain in order to plead not guilty and go to trial. That one single move means that DM was planning to keep his mouth shut about whatever he might...

Great question, Marilyn--I'm glad you are posting! I think that the perp probably had built up quite a sexual fantasy that involved one child (I suspect Elizabeth was the original attraction for the perp) but ended up with two victims. I think it's very possible that one girl may have been a...

So far as I know, nothing has been said about the existence or not of DNA evidence. Strictly my own hunch: I doubt there is any. The perp could easily have avoided touching either of the bikes or Elizabeth's purse and any DNA found on other surfaces could easily be from any one of dozens of...

Um. I am speechless. Okay, I have recovered my powers of speech. In the 1960s, when I was trick-or-treat age, my family's rule was that we weren't to go to any house that we didn't know. Since we all knew everyone who lived in a roughly 4 block area, that was more than enough scope for serious...

It's really not so surprising when you think about how a child's world runs. Children are taught from a very early age to be compliant to adults, even adult strangers. For instance, it's a very common experience for a child to be taken to school and left in the care of a total stranger--it's...

I'm willing to try. Now is not the time, though. Joy was in the courtroom when Danny Heinrich testified under oath and she is still reeling from that experience. She recently mentioned on her blog that she is still crying every day over what she heard in the courtroom. I just don't think she's...

Many years ago, I was having outpatient surgery and left my service dog with my parents to care for just for that day. My service dog and I were closely bonded... too closely bonded and he took off to look for me. He was loose for 10 days and no one could catch him. Many dogs go feral, some...