The blog, launched in 2005, has an aim of keeping alive an interest in unsolved cases in the state, and now features more than 500 cases in all. Iowa Cold Cases: Although this blog is specific to cold cases in Iowa, it provides the background, details and updates that could be of interest to anyone intrigued by unsolved crime and murders. Mitchell not only provides pictures of the victims in almost every post, but also a brief background about the case.ĥ. Actually, the blog extends to unsolved murders throughout the entire state of Colorado, not just Denver, including the shooting death of a man picked up outside a gay bar in 2005 and the 1991 deaths of a couple volunteering at a VFW club in Buena Vista. Denver Post Cold Cases:Who would think there could be so many cold cases in one city, but that’s what Denver Post reporter Kirk Mitchell has revealed in his cold case blog. The blog is updated several times a month, and includes information on convicted inmates, as well as links to related to new articles about posted cold cases.Ĥ.
My Life of Crime: This blog takes a fresh look at cold cases, if only in the sense that it reports mainly on cases cases that have been solved-yes, murderers identified and found! This includes three men charged with the murder of Gary Dawson in 1983 and another man sentenced to life without parole in the 1993 death of Shawna Yandell. “Let’s hope that 2016 is the year in which we find some answers in this tragic case.”ģ. “When you tie a knot and pull it tight with your hands you leave biological materials on that piece of rope,” the blog author writes. 2016, the highlighted case is that of Deborah Lynn Rosencraz, who was left for dead in bloodstained blankets tied with a rope, in 1977, in Chicago. Defrosting Cold Cases: Although the name of this blog is downright chilling, it takes a unique approach to cold cases, profiling one a month on a detailed basis-all in the hope of creating new interest and getting people talking about the victims again. Even now, the Houston Police Department’s Cold Case Unit, reachable at (713) 308-3600, seeks leads in this case as it comes close to 20 years of being unsolved.Ģ. One of the most recent posts concerns the case of 29-year-old Kristen Wilson, who was found strangled in her Houston apartment around Thanksgiving 1996, and whose perpetrator has never been found. Project Cold Case:This blog may be one of the best, highlighting cold cases that have occurred and been forgotten throughout the years, through use of regular posts, pictures and old newspaper clippings. In light of that, we share with you a list of 10 cold case blogs that are worth a look, and a follow.ġ. While those all certainly may be factors, there are just too many families out there waiting in hope for some answers. In addition, some jurisdictions make it a point to pull old cases to see if new technology can help. The NPR article points out that clearing crime is a matter of priority and that some jurisdictions do better at it than others. So, what’s changed? Maybe not all that much-except for attitudes. What’s more perplexing is that more than 50 years ago, about 90 percent of murders were solved. In fact, according to an article by NPR, some 200,000 murders have gone unsolved since the 1960s. The National Institute of Justice defines a cold case as one in which “probative investigative leads have been exhausted.” While ‘probative’ means having the ‘tendency to prove,’ the sad matter is that one-third of murders in the U.S. These 10 excellent cold case blogs shed light on gruesome murders that remain in need of resolution. Think crimes always get solved? Think again.
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