I'm Chase Goodwin, the best forensic document examiner and handwriting expert. I started Tough Cases.Net in 2001. Since then, my court resume includes cases in 10 different state courts, US federal court, and London, England. I solved two masterpiece cases, Jack the Ripper and the Zodiac from California.

So how did I get started in this unusual profession? I was working as a waiter. Since people usually paid by credit card, I became fascinated by the variety of handwritings. Here's where I received my introduction to the world of graphology, the science of determining personality traits from handwriting. Intuitively, I began analyzing handwriting and to my surprise I discovered how accurate I was.

I contacted Scotland Yard for assistance in discovery of handwriting samples of my known suspect. I'll always be grateful for their kind cooperation in this matter. After a long investigation, a sample was procured and sent to me.

On January 30, 2005, I finished my 1200 page Jack the Ripper report that identified almost 120 matching traits, conclusively solving the case beyond the most remote shadow of any doubt.

To review the case, click on my Jack the Ripper file

In April of 2009, I was able to secure handwritings samples of my prime suspect in the Zodiac case from California in the 60's and 70's. Although this was another impossible case to solve, I had little trouble with it. In fact, it only took me 7 hours of examination to find enough traits to come to conclusion. The report itself took much longer, but the case wasn't that difficult. At least not for me.

While no other document examiner could find enough matching traits to identify the killer, I found 117 matching traits, thus conclusively solving this unsolvable case once and for all.

To review this case, click on the Zodiac file
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