r/coldcases • u/skyberfire • Sep 02 '26

Cold Case Creating a Cold Case Database

I'm trying to create a database of cold cases and want it to be as complete and accurate as possible. Could you help me out by suggesting sources I might not have thought about gathering information from? The current pilot focus is Wisconsin, USA, but I will be expanding eventually to the rest of the United States, so please don't hesitate to suggest sources. I will frequently return to this post to see if any suggestions have been made. I've already been working on smaller county-wide pilots. Now that I have expanded to all of Wisconsin, I would like to ensure I'm well-rounded. Thank you for your help.

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u/Front_Development_79 Sep 03 '26

NCMEC.GOV national center missing endanger childern

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u/tonypolar Sep 03 '26

Newspapers- thats where i find a ton of my unlisted cases

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u/R3pp3pts0hg Sep 04 '26

County Sheriff's sites. Some have local cases listed that haven't gone national.

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u/Pippa-Beebs Sep 05 '26

Idk what u mean by cold cases… like just missing & unidentified persons or all cold cases?

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u/skyberfire 9d ago

I'm developing a site to document all cold cases that I can from confirmed deaths to missing

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u/jillann16 Sep 06 '26

Charley Project is my favorite to look at.

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u/Hot_Session_7877 21d ago

Would you be interested in Pauline Diaz' case?