Solving Cold Cases with DNA: The Boston Strangler Case
Date Published
March 3, 2014
NIJ funding helped the Boston Police Department solve a rape and murder case almost 50 years after the crime.
Prosecuting Cold Cases using DNA
Project to Identify Cold Case Decedents
2013-DN-BX-K013
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2013
$159,658
Denver DNA Efficiency Improvement Project, Final Technical Report
Date Published
November 2012
Publication Type
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
FY12 Solving Cold Cases With DNA-Unified Police of Greater Salt Lake
2012-DN-BX-K029
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$303,645
A Chicago Police Department initiative to resolve cold case homicides through comprehensive case reviews and use of current DNA technologies.
2012-DN-BX-K004
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$499,565
Solving Cold Cases with DNA U.S. Department of Justice1/1/13 - 6/30/14
2012-DN-BX-K011
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$93,175
2012 Solving Cold Cases With DNA
2012-DN-BX-K010
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$500,000
FY12 Solving Boston''s Cold Case Homicides with DNA
2012-DN-BX-K005
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$314,372
Riverside County 2012 Grant for Solving Cold Cases with DNA
2012-DN-BX-K028
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$499,999
This application is submitted in order to facilitate the resolution of Unresolved crimes to include but not be limited to homicides and sexual assault.
2012-DN-BX-K008
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$231,503
Miami-Dade Police Department/Solving Cold Cases with DNA
2012-DN-BX-K006
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$500,000
Solving Cold Cases with DNA
2012-DN-BX-K030
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$246,440
Operation Cold Case Review
2012-DN-BX-K022
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$214,354
NYC Law Enforcement Collaboration for Solving Cold Cases with DNA
2012-DN-BX-K032
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$500,000
Review, prioritization, investigation and prosecution of over 170 unsolved homicide cases in Tacoma, Pierce County and surrounding areas.
2012-DN-BX-K013
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$224,850
The MPD seeks to review, prioritize, examine and evaluate its existing cold cases in an effort to identify physical evidence with the potential to yield DNA that can be submitted for testing.
2012-DN-BX-K016
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$500,000
Cold Case Squad and DNA Project
2012-DN-BX-K014
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$242,300
2012 Solving Cold Cases with DNA
2012-DN-BX-K002
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$466,900
Ocala Police Department Cold Case Homicide Project
2012-DN-BX-K015
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$81,939
2012 Denver Cold Case Project
2012-DN-BX-K007
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$499,818
Joint Proposal of the Allegheny County Police and Allegheny County Medical Examiner to Solve Cold Cases with DNA.
2012-DN-BX-K012
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$169,536
Cold Cases Alabama: Solving Cold Cases with DNA
2012-DN-BX-K001
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$499,997
Identifying, Evaluating, and Investigating Violent Cold Case Crimes in Jackson County, Missouri
2012-DN-BX-K031
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$415,829
LBPD Solving Cold Cases with DNA 12
2012-DN-BX-K003
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$157,922
Solving Cold Cases With DNA
2012-DN-BX-K009
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
$418,047