Cases being considered "cold" officially in the sense that they are inactive and detectives are taken off them. Everything I'm getting off in the Internet elsewhere is basically saying that "there is no definite time limit" - which I completely understand, but I have NO IDEA whatsoever what kind of time scale we'd be looking at, and the cold cases mentioned on the web have been cold for 20+ years.
So - when do detectives get moved off and start working on other cases, etc.? I know that the case is never closed unless somebody is prosecuted for it, but when is the case considered unofficially cold?
The case in this story is a huge media sensation, due to the gory nastiness of the crime and the beauty of the young girl murdered. But there are no new leads, it's not moving forwards and everyone's kind of treading water with the case, even the media are losing interest. How long would be plausible for this investigation to go on before the resources are scaled back?
Thank you!
So - when do detectives get moved off and start working on other cases, etc.? I know that the case is never closed unless somebody is prosecuted for it, but when is the case considered unofficially cold?
The case in this story is a huge media sensation, due to the gory nastiness of the crime and the beauty of the young girl murdered. But there are no new leads, it's not moving forwards and everyone's kind of treading water with the case, even the media are losing interest. How long would be plausible for this investigation to go on before the resources are scaled back?
Thank you!