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 case
noun
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.