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R v Couchman
Tony Couchman came under suspicion
regarding the death of his daughter, Victoria.
Phone texts were received from her phone
after her death. More details here.
HMA v John McX
McX was convicted in 2009 of sending
malicious communications to a 17 year old
youth whose father committed suicide after
McX claimed that the youth had had a
sexual relationship with an underage girl.
The texts are available here.
Life sentences for
conspirators in paedophile
ring
See our news page
These men sexually
abused babies and then
wrote emails to each
other. These emails are
considered unsuitable
for publication and we
will not be releasing
them, even in
anonymised form.
James Earl Reed
James Earl Reed was convicted of the 1994
killing of Joseph and Barbara Lafayette. Our
analysis addressed the authenticity of the
statement he was alleged to have made to
police. Reed was executed in June 2008.
The Forensic Linguistics
Institute periodically makes texts
from previous cases available,
subject to anonymisation and/or
redaction of the texts to protect
innocent parties. These texts are
for authorship and linguistic
research purposes only. Please
acknowledge the source of
these texts in any publications.
Linguistics departments with
researchers working in these
areas are welcome to link to this
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