ABSTRACT
Chapter 1 The Cold Case Problem.....................................................................................................................1 Richard H. Walton
Chapter 2 Case File Review .............................................................................................................................27 Richard H. Walton
Chapter 3 Read the Book: Learn the Case.......................................................................................................63 Richard H. Walton
Chapter 4 Investigation .....................................................................................................................................97 Richard H. Walton
Chapter 5 The Prosecution of Cold Case Murders ........................................................................................131 Anne Marie Schubert
Chapter 6 Databases: ViCAP, HITS, and TracKRS .......................................................................................145 Richard H. Walton
Chapter 7 FBI: NCJIS and NCIC...................................................................................................................173 Richard H. Walton
Chapter 8 Interviewing Senior Citizens..........................................................................................................195 Richard H. Walton
Chapter 9 Death Certificate and Obituary ......................................................................................................217 Richard H. Walton
Chapter 10 The Coroner’s Inquest....................................................................................................................229 Richard H. Walton
Chapter 11 Cold Case Squads ..........................................................................................................................235 Richard H. Walton
Chapter 12 The Media in Cold Case Investigation..........................................................................................261 Richard H. Walton
Chapter 13 Friction Skin Impressions ..............................................................................................................287 Edwardo Palma
Chapter 14 Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems..............................................................................307 Peter D. Komarinski
Chapter 15 From Serology to DNA in Cold Case Investigations....................................................................317 Michael J. Grubb
Chapter 16 Mitochondrial DNA Examination of Cold Case Crime Scene Hairs ...........................................335 Terry Melton, Ph.D.
