With a sharp increase in violent crime over the past several years, law enforcement agencies will be faced with increased unsolved cases over the next few years. Homicides, non-fatal shooting, and sexual assaults will remain open cases and victims and their families will demand agencies continue to investigate these cases. For agencies to meet this demand, they will be forced to dedicate investigators to "cold" cases.

After watching the below video and reading the Cold Case Investigation article from this week's learning resource list, answer the following questions.

Cold Case Investigation Units and Advances in Investigative Techniques - YouTube

Discuss two advances in forensic science or technology that have furthered cold case investigations.

Identify a cold case from public source media reports and explain how the case was solved using advancements in forensic science or technology.