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Cold Case Homicide Practical Check List and Field Guide Richard H. Walton District Attorney Investigator (Retired)
Written by an experienced cold case investigator and consultant, Cold Case Homicide: Practical Checklist and Field Guide follows the successful format of Vernon Geberth’s Practical Homicide Investigation: Checklist and Field Guide. Using techniques perfected during the author’s many years as an investigator, it features simple, step-by-step instructions for investigating cold homicides. The field guide is designed for use by investigators in any agency, large or small. The author presents a specific investigation matrix, offers investigation steps in a bulleted format for rapid reference, and includes a multitude of critical tips. Contents: Investigation What are Cold Cases? Case File Review Learning the Case Investigation Internet and Other Information Sources Legal and Prosecution Considerations Databases FBI: NCIC and CJIS Interviewing Senior Citizens. ... Technology Friction Skin Impressions Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS/IAFIS) Serology and DNA Mitochondrial DNA and Hairs Combined DNA Identification System (CODIS) National Integrated Ballistic Information. ... Investigative Tools Forensic Anthropology Forensic Dentistry Forensic Exhumation Criminal Investigative Analysis Wiretaps Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Luminol and Blood Enhancement Forensic Document Examination. ... Catalog no. K12679, September 2012, c. 192 pp. Soft Cover, ISBN: 978-1-4398-5701-4 $49.95 / £31.99 Also available as eBook
Cold Case Research Resources for Unidentified, Missing, and Cold Homicide Cases Silvia Pettem Author of Someone's Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe
“Revolutionary. Reads like a page-turner yet will educate even the most experienced investigator— cold case or otherwise.” —Richard H. Walton, Ed.D, Author of Cold Case Homicides: Practical Investigative Techniques
Cases in which all investigative leads appear to be exhausted are frustrating for both investigators and victims’ families. Cold cases can range from those only a few months old to others that go back for decades. Presenting profiles and actual case histories, Cold Case Research: Resources for Unidentified, Missing and Cold Homicide Cases illustrates how investigators can successfully apply resources that will enable them to reopen and solve cases gathering dust in the file room. This volume weaves together the nearly forgotten skill sets of traditional historical researchers with the latest online tools, including TLO (a premier investigative system) and NamUs, the revolutionary dual databases for missing persons and unidentified remains. Along with practical applications, it gives investigators the tools they need to save time and money and to jump-start their cold cases, while keeping others from going cold in the future. Topics discussed include: • • • • • • • • • •
Implementing cold case units People searches and working with databases Overlooked DNA in PKU cards The plight of the missing and unknown Applying historical and geographical context Online and off-line newspaper research Public and published records The use of volunteers Contact with co-victims Cold-case review teams and informationsharing resources • Taking advantage of the media Catalog no. K12852, July 2012, c. 288 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-6169-1, $89.95 / £57.99 Also available as an eBook
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