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Cold Case Investigation Units and Advances in Investigative Techniques

March 2020

Sergeant Jason Moran of the Cook County (IL) Sheriff’s Office discusses the current situation of cold cases in the United States, why it’s important to establish cold case units, how current tools and technology can help solve cold cases, and what National Institute of Justice resources are available to assist in solving cold cases.

Sergeant Moran was a participant on an NIJ Saturday Session panel at IACP 2019.

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NIJ FY 11 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program

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Note: The application deadline has been extended from March 4, 2011, to April 4, 2011. In addition, NIJ has posted Frequently Asked Questions specific to this solicitation. NIJ is seeking proposals for the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program. This program furthers the Department's mission by responding to the need to assist State and local law enforcement, medical examiners and coroners, allied professionals, and the general...

NIJ FY 08 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing

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The goal of this solicitation is to assist eligible entities in performing DNA analysis on unidentified human remains and/or reference samples collected as part of missing persons investigations and in entering the resulting DNA profiles into the CODIS+mito database of the FBI's National DNA Index System.