DNA Funding Application

Request for assistance to investigate an unresolved death or disappearance
More than 300,000 cases of murder and manslaughter remain unsolved in the United States since 1965, according to the FBI, and there are almost 27,000 active missing-persons cases, too. Our multidisciplinary teams of volunteer investigators work hard to assist law enforcement with new leads to find answers.

Please submit your request by filling in all the required fields below. Response times vary. While we cannot guarantee that we will be able to take on your case, we hope to do what we can.
Your full name

First nameLast name
E-mail
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How did you hear about the Cold Case Coalition?
Case information
Victim name (or Doe location where applicable):
Please provide us a description of the incident:
Incident location:

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Incident date (if unknown, choose a date closest to suspected incident date):

MonthDayYear
2 digit month, 2 digit day, 4 digit yearDate
Please note: The Cold Case Coalition will only consider reviewing cases of events that occurred a minimum of three years ago to avoid interfering with ongoing law enforcement investigations.
Type of case:
Please note: While we wish we could assist with every request, Cold Case Coalition is a small organization with limited capacity and resources. At this time we are unable to investigate cases of undetermined causes of deaths or suicides suspected to be homicides.
How are you related to the victim?
Please specify:
Please upload any and all police records you have obtained. If you have gathered any additional information from personal interviews, media research, etc., please upload those files here as well.

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Please note: Due to our limited capacity and small organizational size, Cold Case Coalition can currently only consider requests for investigative assistance that are accompanied by police records. Oftentimes families closest to the victims have better success obtaining unredacted or more complete police records (incident reports, investigative files, photos, audio, video, autopsy reports, crime scene inventories, etc.) via Freedom of Information Act requests than unrelated individuals do. Help us help you!
Are you working with a private investigator or other organization on this case?
If yes, who / which organization?
Are there any additional details you can provide that may assist us in determining whether we can take on your case?
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Request for assistance to investigate an unresolved death or disappearance

Case information