Last night WUSA 9 posted a short article about the D.C. cold case squad that identified suspects in Joyce Chiang‘s murder, and reports that the squad is ramping up efforts:
The announcement Friday that two suspects have now been identified in the 1999 murder of Joyce Chiang marked the 8th time this year in Washington that a cold case has been solved.
At this rate, DC police will solve, or close, nearly two dozen cold case murders in 2011, twice the number that was closed just four years ago.
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[Police Chief Cathy Lanier is] hoping to close as many as 30 cold cases this year and, to that end, she’s placing an even greater emphasis on investigating older murders. To help in the effort, the U.S. attorney’s office will now dedicate a full-time prosecutor to the DC Police cold case squad.
