PROTESTS
PROTESTS NATIONWIDE AND NEW ATTEND TONIGHT ABOUT ONE THIRD
OF ALL COLD CASES IN HARTFORD
GO UNSOLVED.
GO UNSOLVED. INVESTIGATORS AND PROSECUTORS
IN CONNECTICUT ARE WORKING TO
CHANGE THAT STATISTIC.
FOX 60 ONCE TAYLOR DICHELLO HAS
BEEN TALKING TO INVESTIGATORS,
PROSECUTORS AND VICTIMS'
FAMILIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
COLD CASES HERE IN OUR STATE.
SHE JOINS US NOW WITH AN INSIDE
LOOK AT CONNECTICUT'S COLD CASE
UNIT AS IT TRIES TO BRING
CLOSURE TO FAMILIES ACROSS THE
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. >>
>>
>> IT'S
>> IT'S NEVER GOOD UNTIL WE CAN
SOLVE EVERY ONE OF THOSE THREE
HUNDRED THE NUMBER OF UNSOLVED
COLD CASES IN HARTFORD OVER THE
PAST 30 YEARS WE HAVEN'T EVER
FORGOTTEN.
FORGOTTEN. WE KEEP WORKING ON EVERY CASE
THAT COMES OUR WAY UNTIL
THEY'RE RESOLVED OR IN THE CASE
OF SAY NINE HOMICIDES UNTIL THE
STATUTE LIMITATN RUN ON
THE CASE AND WE CAN'T PROCEED
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. FIVE THE NUMBER OF DECKS
OF PLAYING CARDS IT WAS BEING
DONE ACROSS A NATION STARTED IN
FLORIDA WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING
COLD CASES ON PLAYING CARDS AND
ENTERING THOSE INTO THE
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTI.
INMATES, AS YOU KNOW, HAVE A
LOT OF TIME ON THEIR HANDS AND
PLAYING CARDS IS BIG WITHIN THE
D.C. COMMUNITY SINCE 2009 THE
DEPARTMENT OF CORRI HAS
USED THIS INTERESTING SYSTEM
OF PLAYING CARDS TO GET TIPS
FROM INMATES IN PRISONS.
EACH CARD HAS INFORMATION ABOUT
AN UNSOLVED HOMICIDE OR MISSING
PERSON LIKE 26 YEAR OLD
ALEXANDER DUKE SAY WHOSE PHOTO
ON A TWO OF CLUBS LED TO A
CONVICTION FOR H MURDER
MATTHEW PUGH IS NOW SERVING 60
YEARS IN PRISON FOR FIRST
DEGREE MURDRD BURA
WE COULD PUT A TIP ON A CARD.
WE KNEW WE COULD PUT A PHOTO
OF A VICTIM OR A MISSING PERSON
A SMALL SUMMARY ON THE CARD
IN HOPES THAT AN INMATE WOULD
CALL US GENERATE A TIP THAT MAY
LEAD TO SOLVING A COLD CASE
HOMICIDE 857 THE NUMBER OF TIPS
RECEIVED SINCE 2009 FROM
INMATES WHO USE THE COLD CASE
PLAYING CARDS IN PRISON OR
THIS PERIODF
THIS PERIODF >>
>>
>> OF
>> OF THE
>> OF THE 800 TIPS WERE SENT TO
DOZENS AND DOZENS OF CASES THAT
HAVE LED TO GOOD INFORMATION
THAT HAVE SOLVED CASES.
>>
>>
>> CONNECTICUT'S HANDLING OF COLD
CASES IS UNIQUE FROM OTH
STA.
STA.
STA. THE
STA. THE COLD CASE UNIT LOCATED IN
ROCKY HILL COULD INVESTIGATE
CASES ALL OVER THE STATE.
NEARLY A DOZEN PROSECUTORS,
INSPECTORS AND DETECTIVES
INVESTIGATE THES CASES FULL
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. >>
>>
>> OUR
>> OUR PURPOSE IS TO ASSIST LOCAL
AGENCIES WITH CASES THAT HAVE
GONE COLD WITHIN THEIR
JURISDICTION MEAG COD CAS
IN THE STATE GET A FRESH SET
OF EYES FOR REVIEW NOVEMBER
OF TWENTY EIGHTEEN.
WHEN I CAME TO THE UNIT WE'VE
TRIED TO MANAGE AN
INTERDISCIPLINA APPROAC TO
LOOKING AT S CA.
WE BRING TALENTS FROM A VARIETY
OF AGENCIES AND THOSE AGENCIES
ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE COLD
CAE UNI
CAE UNI
CAE UNI NOW THE UNIT IS USING THE
SYSTEM OF PLAYING CARDS THEY
DEVELOPED IN 2009 TO REACH A
BROADER AUDIENCE OUTSIDE
OF PRISONS.
OF PRISONS. THEY'RE USING TRADITIONAL MEDIA
AND SOCIAL MEDI TO POST VICTIM
STORIES, HOPEFULLY JOG
SOMEONE'S MEMORY AND DISCOVER A
NEW LEAD.
NEW LEAD.
NEW LEAD. >>
>>
>> BUT
>> BUT THE REALITY IS WE NEED
THEIR HELP TO ANYONE WHO KNOWS
ANYTHING ABOUT A CASE, CALL OUR
TIP LINE CALL SEND AN EMAIL.
ANYTHING IS A LEAD.
IT MIGHT NOT IT MIGHT BE
SOMETHING YOU THINK IS SMALL
BUT IT MEANS SOMETHING MORE TO
US.
US.
US. >>
>>
>> THE
>> THE CHIEF STATE'S ATTORNEY'S
OFI COLD CAS UN IN
CONNECTICUT RKS WITH PUZZLES
AND STATISTICS TO SOLVE CRIMES
THAT HAVE REACHED DEAD ENDS.
BUT IT'S THE STORIES OF VICTIMS
LOST LOVED ONES THAT KEEP
INVESTIGATORS LOOKING FOR
ANSWERS.
ANSWERS.
ANSWERS. >>
>>
>> CLOSURE IS A WORD THAT FAMILIES
NEVER GET BUT MAYBE THEY'LL
UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND I THINK
THAT'S REALLY ALL OF OUR FOCUS
MORE THAN ANYTHING IS HELPING
THE VICTIMS FAMILIES KIND
OF GET THROUGH THIS THANKS TO A
470000 DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE
COLD CASE UNIT NOW HAS
RESOURCES TO BETTER INVESTIGATE
THOSE TIPS AND FIND CLOSURE FOR
VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
>>
>>
>> THIS
>> THIS IS A BLESSING.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONE OF 10
CITIES AND THE WHOLE UNITED
STATES THAT WERE SELECTED FOR
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. >>
>>
>> IT'S
>> IT'S LIKE A CHESS GAME.
WE JUST GOT TO DO ONE MOVEMENT
FORWARD AND THAT'S GREAT.
POLICE GOT THEIR TIPS FROM MANY
DIFFERENT PLACES.
DIFFERENT PLACES. SOMETIMES THEY COME FROM
WITNESSES WHO WERE AT THE SCENE
BUT LEFT BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED.
OFTENTIMES THEY COME FROM
PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THAT A COLD
CASE HAD ALREADY BEEN SOLVED IN
LATER LEARNED THAT THE CASE HAD
GONE UNSOLVED AND SOMETIMES
HEARING A STORY AGAIN HELPS JOG
SOMEONE'S MEMORY AND IT MAKES
THEM THINK THAT THEY HAVE
INFORMAOOR POCE.
INFORMAOOR POCE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE LAUNCHING OUR
FOX SIXTY ONE COLD CASE SERIES
TO BRING YOU STORIES THAT MAY
JOG YOUR MEMORY OF SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENED ON THAT DAY SO
THAT YOU CAN BRING THAT
INFORMATION TO .
GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT FOX SIXTY
ONE OUTCOME AND YOU'LL BE ABLE
TO FIND ALL OF THE INFORMATION
YOU NEE TO REAC O TO
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INVESTIGAS TR YOU'LL ALSO BE