, and every month detectives within these units re-visit their cases and try to find new information and potential witnesses in hopes of solving their cold case.
According to Project Cold Case, there are more than 20,000 open homicide cold cases in the state of Florida, since 1965. 1,500 of them are from right here in Jacksonville. "The cold case unit is responsible for going back and forth with cases you know, they've got dozens of cases there," said Ken Jefferson,According to Jefferson, these units will constantly re-examine all of their collected information and evidence to see if anything new resurfaces.
Jefferson said there are several factors that can lead to a cold case being reopened, like witnesses being located with information or if investigators find missing evidence. Even though detectives are the ones assigned to investigate, they aren't the only ones who can help discover breakthroughs, with the final goal of solving unsolved crimes no matter how much time has passed.