M.P.D. Cold Case Investigations

The City of Miami Police Department (MPD) currently has a backlog of 1,932 open cold cases dating from 1949-2024. The MPD will utilize this funding for the M.P.D. Cold Case Investigations Project. MPD will collaborate with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office and Miami-Dade Police Department Forensic Services Division (MDPD) Lab. This project will support overtime for detectives in the Cold Case Detail and MDPD Lab forensic personnel to complete a certified inventory of unresolved cold case crimes under MPD’s jurisdiction, which already have suspect DNA profiles developed; investigate qualifying violent crime cold cases from the inventory; and conduct any required travel to pursue new leads. The City of Miami will subaward grant funding to the MDPD Lab to support personnel overtime.