Tracing the traces of criminals in the mists of time and closing family wounds that have sometimes been open for decades.
Beyond the announcement effect that would delight a series producer, the gendarmerie unveiled its new “cold case” division on Friday, the one that deals with unsolved crimes.
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It is above all a human stake because worrying disappearances or complex unsolved crimes carry a significant emotional charge.
Despite the commitment of the investigation services, these unresolved cases are regularly cited to illustrate the ineffectiveness or inertia of the investigation and justice units
”, observes General Bernard Thibaud, Deputy Director of the Judicial Police for which "
these files must continue to live
" until their elucidation, erected to the rank of "
duty
" by the investigators and for the victims.
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