cold case

[kohld keys]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a criminal investigation that has remained unsolved for an extended period of time.
This year's award recipient is a state trooper whose work helped close a cold case from 1983.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cold case¹

First recorded in 1970–75

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Then in September 2024, the department’s Cold Case Homicide Team took over the case, and investigators reached out to several new possible witnesses.

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Kennedy said the renewed effort to identify Parks began in January when the Orange County Sheriff’s Department reached out to the Oregon State Police Cold Case Unit, offering to help identify the victim using investigative genetic genealogy, a popular tool that helps investigators generate leads in cold cases.

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Kennedy said Oregon State Police’s Cold Case Unit is now working to bring the case to a close.

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No witnesses, potential suspects or charges have ever filed in what authorities classified as a cold case homicide.

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That was until 2020 when new DNA investigative techniques led to a breakthrough in the haunting cold case.

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