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Definition of cold case in English: cold casenoun An unsolved criminal investigation which remains open pending the discovery of new evidence. the cold cases that have never been solved Example sentencesExamples - He is reopening a cold case from 2001 in which a 46-year-old Wichita woman was strangled and dumped in a creek.
- This inquiry has started a momentum in looking at cold cases, not only from a forensic science point of view but also from an investigative one.
- Britain is a world-leader in solving cold cases, thanks largely to its national DNA database.
- In January, a new cold case detective unit was established to trawl over old murder and rape cases in an attempt to catch violent offenders still at large.
- Finally we've got cops working cold cases.
- Today many police departments have cold case units.
- In the past 15 years, nearly two dozen "cold cases" from the civil-rights era have been reinvestigated, many leading to successful prosecutions.
- Essex Police are investigating what could be a cold case murder in Tollesbury, with possible East End gangland links.
- They have a top cold case investigator working on this case with them.
- Using advanced techniques in forensic science, the Met's crack squad of experts gets under the skin of some tough cold cases to discover the truth.
- We want to assure the public this will not become a cold case.
- Though she provided evidence and information, the police ignored her, and so the unsolved crime went quickly into the cold case file.
Definition of cold case in US English: cold casenoun An unsolved criminal investigation which remains open pending the discovery of new evidence. the cold cases that have never been solved Example sentencesExamples - He is reopening a cold case from 2001 in which a 46-year-old Wichita woman was strangled and dumped in a creek.
- Essex Police are investigating what could be a cold case murder in Tollesbury, with possible East End gangland links.
- In the past 15 years, nearly two dozen "cold cases" from the civil-rights era have been reinvestigated, many leading to successful prosecutions.
- Though she provided evidence and information, the police ignored her, and so the unsolved crime went quickly into the cold case file.
- They have a top cold case investigator working on this case with them.
- Britain is a world-leader in solving cold cases, thanks largely to its national DNA database.
- This inquiry has started a momentum in looking at cold cases, not only from a forensic science point of view but also from an investigative one.
- We want to assure the public this will not become a cold case.
- Today many police departments have cold case units.
- Using advanced techniques in forensic science, the Met's crack squad of experts gets under the skin of some tough cold cases to discover the truth.
- Finally we've got cops working cold cases.
- In January, a new cold case detective unit was established to trawl over old murder and rape cases in an attempt to catch violent offenders still at large.
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