Everywhere, all over America, the percentage of unsolved murders has been slowly creeping up. Right now, more than a third of all murder cases go cold. And yet, as fewer and fewer murders are solved, and the number of cold cases increases, all around the country police departments are allowing their Cold Case Squads to […]

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On the evening of 9/11 I walked downtown along the Hudson River, thinking I would sneak into ground zero and somehow help. I was stopped at Pier 40, at Houston Street. Only recovery workers could go below Houston. Pier 40 was one of the command posts where rescue workers came to rest before going back […]

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I just got this from the Detectives’ Endowment Association. NYC DETECTIVES UNION SAYS “FOLLOW OUR LEAD:” NAPO RELIEF FUND IS THE PLACE TO SEND NEW ORLEANS POLICE DONATIONS The union representing New York City’s police detectives has made a $50,000 donation to aid police in New Orleans and says the NAPO Relief Fund, a 501(c)(3) […]

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This is Vito Spano, the former commanding officer of the Cold Case Squad, at the beginning of his career. (He looks like a young Al Pacino, doesn’t he?) He will be with me this Saturday at the Museum of the City of New York to discuss the history of cold case work. The details: Saturday, […]

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