Polly Klaas Case Scientific Theories Lead to Justice

Residents of Petaluma, CA were rocked in 1993 when 12 year old Polly Klaas was kidnapped from her home while having a sleepover with her ... Author Kim Cross annotates the lengthy proposal that landed a contract for the book that revisits the 1993 Polly Klaas kidnapping. But they set aside the same shock and fear the community was experiencing to pursue a story that proved astonishing and human, delivering daily ... When 12-year-old Polly Klaas was kidnapped in October of 1993, at first it looked like there would be little useful evidence, but FBI investigators got a ... Polly Hannah Klaas (January 3, 1981 – October 1, 1993) was an American murder victim whose case garnered national media attention. On October 1, 1993, ... This is just one example of new technology and new organizational processes that were proven successful by the FBI's work throughout the Polly Klaas case. Attorneys for the man convicted in the 1993 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas pleaded with a Santa Clara County judge on Friday to reconsider ... A jury found defendant Richard Allen Davis guilty of the first degree murder of 12-year-old Polly Hannah Klaas. The profiler in Polly's case worked side by side with the team to combine behavioral science with forensic science. Through dozens of interviews, Cross dives into the nascent use of DNA as a means of identifying and ruling out suspects, and how the Klaas case informed ...