Cold Cases
What are Cold Cases?
A cold case is a criminal investigation that has not been solved and is no longer being actively worked on
A Hollywood icon's mysterious death in 1962 and they thought it was a "probable suicide"
Marilyn Monroe
The common item that can provide DNA decades later
Blood or hair
What is the type of science that often helps solve Cold Cases today?
DNA Testing
A young beauty queen found dead in her home in Boulder Colorado in 1996
JonBenet Ramsey
Tiny ridges on your fingers that can identify a person
Fingerprints
Why are most Cold Cases unsolved?
Most Cold Cases are unsolved because of the lack of evidence or no witnesses or unreliable ones
A missing aviation pioneer over the Pacific remains unsolved since 1937
Ameila Earhart
A kind of video that can be used to catch someone committing a crime
Surveillance Footage
Why do most old Cold Cases remain cold?
Most old Cold Cases remain cold because of the lack of technology or information at the time
Known as "The Black Dahila" one of Hollywood's greatest mysteries
Elizabeth Short
Type of record, can show where a person was at a certain time
How can a Cold Case be reopened?
A hijacker vanished after parachuting from a plane with $200,000 in ransom money in 1971
D.B Cooper
New type of database uses family trees to find relatives of suspects
Genealogy database