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Cold Case Handbook

The Cold Case Handbook

By: Joseph L. Giacalone

Welcome to the home of the Cold Case Handbook and everything cold case related. The Cold Case Handbook was authored by Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD Sergeant SDS and former Commanding Officer of the Bronx Cold Case Squad. 

The Cold Case Handbook is the first book of its kind that not only includes ideas and suggestions for law enforcement personnel, but the victims’ families and the true crime community as well. It also includes the two new federal laws passed in 2022 that are helping to close some of America’s toughest cold cases.

New Federal Laws for Cold Cases

The two new federal laws signed by President Joe Biden in 2023 are: The Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act and the Help Find the Missing Act. Both laws are bound to set cold cases moving forward. There is however, some points that need to be addressed in The Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act. For instance, it is unclear if a federal agency must have jurisdiction or just involvement in the case. 

The Cold Case Trilogy 

This site will follow along with the Cold Case Handbook and will be designed to include information on the Cold Case Trilogy of cases:

  1. Cold Case Homicides
  2. Missing Persons
  3. Cold Case Sexual Assaults

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