Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

cold murder case

English answer:

a case "gone cold" (where the killer was not found quickly)

Added to glossary by Steffen Walter
Oct 18, 2007 17:58
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English term

cold murder case

Non-PRO English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
can a cold murder case be explained as a murder case that the killer has not been found?
Change log

Oct 18, 2007 18:23: David Knowles Created KOG entry

Oct 19, 2007 07:25: Steffen Walter changed "Field (write-in)" from "literature" to "(none)"

Oct 19, 2007 07:25: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/39225">David Knowles's</a> old entry - "cold murder case"" to ""It's a case that's "gone cold", where the killer was not found quickly""

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It's a case that's "gone cold", where the murderer was not found quickly

These are difficult to solve, and the detectives get reassigned to new cases.
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agree Can Altinbay
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agree Mark Berelekhis
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agree jccantrell
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agree Olga Layer
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agree JaneTranslates : From the idea that dogs (bloodhounds) can easily follow a warm scent, but find it difficult to pick up the trail when it has gone cold.
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Yes, I was thinking of bodies going cold, but it's the trail that goes cold.
agree Patricia Townshend (X)
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agree Denyce Seow
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agree Paula Vaz-Carreiro
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old unsolved murder case

http://www.wadsworth.com/criminaljustice_d/templates/strippe...

glossary

Cold Case Investigations: The investigation of old unsolved crimes
Peer comment(s):

agree Can Altinbay
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Thanks!
agree JaneTranslates
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agree Olga Layer
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