Peter L. Platteborze, PhD., DABCC, is a retired Army biochemist who teaches forensic science at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, TX. He has written over 50 papers that cover a broad range of scientific and historical topics.
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929 would usher in the use of forensic ballistics to solve gun crimes. by Dr. Peter L. PlatteborzeMost of us have sat mesmerized in front of a TV watching how highly motivated detectives solve a perplexing crime. The popular non-...
Justice on Fire
On the night of November 29, 1988, near the impoverished Marlborough neighborhood in south Kansas City, an explosion at a construction site killed six of the city’s firefighters. It was a clear case of arson, and five people from Marlborough were duly convicted of the crime. But for veteran crime writer and crusading editor J. Patrick O’Connor, the facts—or a lack of them—didn’t add up. Justice on Fire is OConnor’s detailed account of the terrible explosion that led to the firefighters’ deaths and the terrible injustice that followed. Also available from Amazon