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10 Puzzling Open Cold Cases in Northern Colorado There are more than 30unsolved and open cases in Larimer and Weld counties right now. These cases are cold, meaning they are no longer being actively pursued due to a lack of evidence. However, that doesnt mean they are unsolvable — its always possible that someone knows something. While each case poses a frustrating mystery, here are the 10 most puzzling cold cases in Northern Colorado. Northern Colorados Most Puzzling Cold Cases Anyone wit...

Miles away. thats why detective booths phone rang on an april morning in 1997. >> while they were interviewing him, he admitted to doing murders here in palm springs. and then he told me the names of the palm springs victims. he said, "denise maney." and i go, "oh, my gosh, shes one of our cold cases -- denise." he said, "tammie erwin." i go, "oh, shes another one of our cold cases." >> detective booth ran to the airport and took the first flight to chicago. he was going to sit down with the kil...

Learn now genetic genealogists are teaming up with law enforcement to help crack cold cases. >> our dna carries a specific instruction set for an individuals physical characteristics. with a small sample the labs can create a facial composite that predicts what a person looks like. its technology that can help break criminal cold cases wide open. >> its the kind of stuff from a sci-fi movie. >> its definitely very sci-fi. >> after being brutally beaten, 17-year-old brittany marcell was put into ...

Prostitutes or drug addicts whose deaths were ruled overdoses or never record because the body wasnt found and nobody reported them missing so the fbi hopes sketches little made of some of his victims might help them solve some of the dozens of murders he is claimed but the fbi hasnt as yet fully verified. analyst christy said in a statement, quote. the fbi believes it is important to seek justice for each victim to close every case possible. now this flood of confession from little came as a re...

I sat in many waiting rooms, and i said, i dont want to know what their sessions were about. all i want to know is a timeline. >> reporter: some of the women had been missing for so long that ida started comparing notes with a detective in the departments cold case unit. eventually, ida and the cold case detective were able to persuade the department to let them form an unofficial task force, where once a month they met with other agencies, including the fbi. to discuss leads on missing persons,...

Had been missing for so long that ida started comparing notes with a detective in the departments cold case unit. eventually, ida and the cold case detective were able to persuade the department to let them form an unofficial task force, where once a month they met with other agencies, including the fbi. to discuss leads on missing persons, on cold cases, on sexual predators, and on unidentified remains. >> so we were able to communicate with each other anything that came up. any trucker initiat...

Including the fbi. to discuss leads on missing persons, on cold cases, on sexual predators, and on unidentified remains. >> so we were able to communicate with each other anything that came up. any trucker initiatives or murderers that the fbi sent us we posted on the wall. our girls we posted on the wall. >> are truckers a particular problem? >> yeah. they can be. they travel interstate. they pick up a lot of girls. and we know a few that have a history of murdering the girls who frequent the t...

Going to visits, just that daily routine there. then i was believing in the system, thinking that you know, eventually the case is going to be overturned because i know i didnt do this. >> in 2004, after nearly two decades of failed appeals, a friend of clairs hired private investigator c.j. ford. c.j. went to death row to meet kenneth clair face to face. >> when i first met kenneth clair, he was angry. he thought that he had been betrayed and nobody was helping him with his case. i do wrongful ...

And i said, look, im not running you. i just want to know when was the last time you saw her? did you know her? what can you tell me? whats going on out here? >> how much of your time is this taking? >> its taking all my time. >> reporter: working alone, the detective distributed flyers with the womens pictures at truck stops, convenience stores, even the new mexico state fair. but she kept coming up empty. >> i went to some drug rehab places who were not willing to help me. i sat in many waitin...

Help me. i sat in many waiting rooms, i said, i dont want to know what their sessions were about. all i want to know is is a time line. >> some of the women were missing so long, ida began comparing notes with a detective in the cold case upt. eventually ida and the cold case department were able to convince the department to form a task force where once a month they met with other agencies including the fbi to discuss leads on missing persons, on cold cases, on sexual predators, and on unidenti...