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FBI and Civil Rights Cold Cases

April 21st, 2006 · Comments Off on FBI and Civil Rights Cold Cases

This is great news. The FBI may be establishing a Cold Case Unit to look at unsolved civil rights era murders.

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They Were Not Welcomed With Open Arms

February 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off on They Were Not Welcomed With Open Arms

Lt. Panzarella told me that he had to carry around a letter from Chief Anemone in his pocket, which gave him permission to ask for the files for old murder cases.

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What Cold Case Work is Really Like

December 30th, 2005 · Comments Off on What Cold Case Work is Really Like

Spending a couple of years with the Cold Case detectives was in some ways a fantasy-killer. Yeah, it’s no surprise that TV and movies romanticizes what they do, we know this, but still. We expect more excitement. It’s weird to see how it’s still a job, with all these office-y, 9 to 5 elements. It’s […]

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Cold Case Work in the UK

December 27th, 2005 · Comments Off on Cold Case Work in the UK

I talked to John Bearchell last year. Bearchell is an Acting Detective Chief Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police Service, and the Commander of Homicide Support, which includes the Murder Review Group. Formed in 1999, the Murder Review Group investigates serious crimes in London including unsolved murders. With a staff of about 75, it is the […]

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