Silvia Pettem

Cold Case Research Resources for Unidentified, Missing, and Cold Homicide Cases (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Cases in which all investigative leads appear to be exhausted are frustrating for both investigators and victims families. Presenting actual case histories, this volume illustrates how investigators can successfully apply resources that will enable them to reopen and solve cases gathering dust in the file room. Topics discussed include implementing cold case units, people searches, information-sharing resources, and the plight of the missing. The book also discusses contact with co-victims, research through newspapers and public records, the use of volunteers, and how to take advantage of the media to bring new light to a case.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 333
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466570535
• Artikelnr.: 39484277

Autorenporträt

Silvia Pettem is a longtime historical researcher, newspaper columnist, and author of more than a dozen books. After decades of work for individuals, businesses, and governments, her life took a new turn in 1996, when she stumbled upon the gravestone of a Jane Doe, a murder victim from 1954. A few years later, Pettem applied her research skills to both old-fashioned detective work and the power of the Internet by entering into a successful partnership with her local sheriff and forensic experts of the Vidocq Society to determine the young woman's identity. Pettem chronicled their work in Someone's Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe.

In 2008, the Boulder County Sheriff's Office gave Pettem a Sheriff's Commendation Award for doing the "lion's share of the research" on the Jane Doe case. Two years later, the Vidocq Society presented her with its Medal of Honor.

While continuing to volunteer for the Sheriff's Office, Pettem is now an associate member of the Vidocq Society, a volunteer in the detectives section of the Boulder Police Department, a NamUs Academy graduate, and a NamUs instructor in classes sponsored by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, expanding her expertise and working with colleagues all over the country.

Inhaltsangabe

Tools and Techniques. Challenges and Checklist. Agency Organization: Cold
Case Units. TLO: The Latest Online Investigative System. Additional Options
for People Searches. Dealing with Databases. Missing, Murdered, and
Unidentified. NamUs: Connecting the Missing and Unidentified. Entering and
Searching in the NamUs System. PKU Cards Retain Overlooked DNA. The Plight
of the Missing and Unknown. Resources for Expanded Research. Historical and
Geographical Context. Newspaper Research: Online and Off. Published and
Public Records. Volunteers: How They Can Help. Contact with Co-Victims.
Review Teams and the Media. Cold Case Review Teams and Information-Sharing
Resources. Taking Advantage of the Media. Conclusion. Selected References.
Index.