Cold Case Homicides Practical Investigative Techniques

Preface What’s New in the 3rd Edition? FP Tona
Foreword Rachel Walton/Frank Tona 
Intro Tom Hargrove Tom Hargrove
PART I: THE INVESTIGATION
1 The Cold Case Problem RH Walton/FP Tona
2 Case File Review RH Walton/FP Tona
3 Learning the Case RH Walton/FP Tona
4 The Investigation RH Walton/FP Tona
5 The Role of the Medical Examiner Lou Eliopulos
6 Death Certificate, Obituary, & Coroner’s Inquest RH Walton
7 No Body Cases & Long-Term Missing Persons Tad Dibiase
8 The Prosecution of Cold Case Homicides Ann Marie Schubert
9 Criminal Investigative Analysis Sharon Pagaling-Hagan
10 Long Term Memory/Interview & Interrogation Luther, Price, Hope, Gabbert, & Thomas
PART II: TECHNOLOGY
11 The Role of the Crime Lab David MacNeil
12 Trace Evidence Jay Henry
13 Forensic Anthropology Erin Kimmerle
14 Forensic Dentistry A. Cardoza & N. Sperber
15 Investigative Genetic Genealogy Jennifer Moore/Ashley Link
16 Linguistic Analysis for Cold Case Homicides Steve Johnson
17 The Role of the Crime Analyst Kathy Mackay
18 Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Todd VanCantfort
19 The Print Media RH Walton/FP Tona
20 Using Social Media Platforms & the Broadcast Media Paul Wagner
21 Digital Forensics in Cold Case Homicides Trevor Buchanan
PART III: RESOURCES
22 Victim Advocacy Ryan Backmann
23 Establishing & Maintaining Cold Case Homicide Units Christopher Flanagan
24 The Role of Academia David Keatley
25 The Use of Canines Brett Sayer/Kacy Robinson
26 “Who you Know” Additional Resources John Elliott

Afterword FP Tona

Biography

Rachel H. Walton: Dr. Rachel Walton brings over 35 years of California law enforcement experience and 15 years of college-level instruction, with expertise in homicide, cold cases, arson, and fraud. She led a landmark 13-year reinvestigation of a 1920s homicide that resulted in a posthumous pardon for a wrongfully convicted man. A sought-after speaker, she has presented to the FBI Academy, RCMP, NCIS, AAFS, and others. Dr. Walton earned her Ed.D. from the University of San Francisco with the first academic research on solvability factors in cold case homicides, and is the author of Cold Case Homicide: Practical Investigative Techniques.

Frank P. Tona: Frank P. Tona is a Lieutenant with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office in Maryland, one of the oldest law enforcement agencies in the U.S., where he has served since 2002. He holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice from SUNY Brockport and an M.P.A. from Norwich University. Lt. Tona is a Board Member of the Mid-Atlantic Cold Case Homicide Investigator’s Association, a Fellow at the Future Policing Institute, and a member of the Vidocq Society and International Homicide Investigators Association. He also serves as an adjunct instructor at Norwich University, John Jay College, Franciscan University, and the University of Maryland Global Campus.