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Solving Cold Cases With DNA
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

Award Information

Award #
2010-DN-BX-K009
Funding Category
Competitive
Location
Awardee County
Palm Beach
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2010
Total funding (to date)
$132,505

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2010, $132,505)

The PBCSO plans to continue the cold case initiative that has been carried out with 2005 and 2007 Solving Cold Cases with DNA grants. The team put in place for those grants will remain active. It is anticipated there are over 80 cold cases still to be researched, evaluated and investigated from the original 225 cases; 39 cases from the 80 will be researched and, due to the recent acquisition of the Lake Worth Police Department by PBSO, there are 36 cold cases from this agency for a total of 75 cases to be investigated.

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Date Created: August 23, 2010