We like a program through the Northern Michigan University Criminal Justice Department that assists law enforcement agencies in solving real-life crimes. We’re referring to the cold case program, which has recently helped solve a 39-year-old cold case from 1986, back far enough to be considered investigative permafrost.

The cold case program has been in operation since 2022, instructor Christopher MacMaster told The Mining Journal. It helps local police agencies do something that most simply don’t have the resources to undertake, he said.

“Police and local agencies have limited resources,” MacMaster said. “They need to handle what comes in the door. The time, effort and resources needed to look at these cold cases is just not there. They just don’t have those resources available.”

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