COLD CASE CHRONICLES tells the stories of victims –– some missing, some murdered and some with changed identities. All are true, and each are mysterious in their own ways. The cases in this nonfiction narrative date from 1910 through the 1950s and include evolutions in forensics, as well as historical context in order to view the men, women and children through the lens of time. Included are recent theories on the cases of Judge Joseph Crater (missing from New York City in 1930) and film director William Desmond Taylor (shot in Hollywood in 1922). Other chapters help to unravel the mystique of individuals with changed identities. Included, too, is a case of aerial sabotage, the "Boy in the Box," and unusual disappearances of young women, along with child abductions and four missing adventurers –– Everett Ruess, Joseph Halpern, and Glen and Bessie Hyde. Readers are encouraged to draw their own conclusions, consider how detectives would handle these and other cases today, and learn how genetic genealogy brings new hope for the future.

COLD CASE CHRONICLES tells the stories of victims -- some missing, some murdered and some with changed identities. All are true, and each are mysterious in their own ways. The cases in this nonfiction narrative date from 1910 through the 1950s and include evolutions in forensics, as well as historical context in order to view the men, women and children through the lens of time.

🕵️‍♂️ Unlock the Secrets of the World’s Most Perplexing Cold Cases 🕵️‍♀️ The Cold Case Chronicles: Unsolved Mysteries and the Hunt for Justice by the ChatStick Team takes you deep into the fascinating world of unsolved crimes. From chilling disappearances to baffling murders, this book uncovers the stories behind the cases that have mystified law enforcement and the public for decades. With a blend of investigative analysis, the latest theories, and personal accounts from those impacted, The Cold Case Chronicles reveals the relentless pursuit of justice. Whether you're captivated by true crime or curious about the psychology of criminals, this book will immerse you in the darkest, yet most intriguing corners of human nature. 🔦 Step into the Shadows of Justice. Discover the Truth Behind the Unsolved. 🔦

One complicated small town. One fearless cop. A string of murders gone unchecked.Cracking decades-old cold cases have never been more dangerous. Notably, when the perpetrators are alive and well, and thriving in the mysterious town of Shadowbank, Mississippi.For one intrepid detective, digging up the past is now a risky full-time job. Still traumatized from her most recent case in Atlanta, Georgia, Detective Kamira Jackson pulls up stakes and moves to Shadowbank.Reconnecting with family, she must prove to herself and a skeptical town that she's got the grit to solve a slew of cold cases languishing on a dusty shelf.Join Detective Kamira Jackson as she dares to expose the seedy underbelly of a small community harboring one too many deadly secrets.The Cold Case Chronicles brings to life the mysteries of the past that threaten to wreak fresh havoc on an unassuming town steeped in a sinister mob presence.Dive into her first adrenaline-charged mystery, Mississippi Moonshine, and piece together the clues to this brazen execution-style murder. Kamira Jackson won't let the voices from the past be silent forever.

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. Today’s investigators have found that, to solve cold cases, they need to be internet savvy and make the best use of the rapidly changing methodologies of the twenty-first century, but they also have to be time travelers and open the door to the past. 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 database for missing persons and unidentified remains. Along with practical applications, Cold Case Research 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 information-sharing resources Taking advantage of the media Using a thinking-outside-the-box approach, this volume helps fill major gaps in traditional cold case investigation training and techniques, enabling investigators to confidently reopen and crack the mystery of cases long thought unsolvable. Silvia Pettem was quoted in a January 29, 2012 article on missing persons in the Colorado Springs Gazette.

It was a cold case… The unsolved double murder of two teenage girls. They vanished on a crisp autumn night more than decade ago. Their mutilated bodies were found the following spring beneath the melting snow of the Colorado Rockies. Now--at the request of their families--this cold case is being reopened. Clinical psychologist Alan Gregory has been asked to compile a psychological profile of the two girls. To probe their deepest secrets. To uncover the darkest truth. Even if it condemns the innocent as well as the guilty…

From a prize-winning author and, in Elmore Leonard's words, "a knockout writer," comes a masterfully written and gripping tale of a determined investigator who reopens an unresolved case of double homicide in New York nearly thirty years after the brutal event. Philip Gourevitch vividly evokes the almost vanished gangland of New York in the sixties, and carries us deep into the lives and minds, the passions and perplexities, of two extraordinary men who embody opposing but quintessentially American codes of being—the lawman Andy Rosenzweig and the outlaw Frankie Koehler. With A Cold Case, Gourevitch masterfully transforms a criminal investigation into a searchingliterary reckoning with the urges that drive one man to murder and another to hunt murderers.