Murder Mysteries

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  • About the Murder Mysteries special report
  • A child dies every day in an unsolved homicide
  • A growing mystery for most police departments
  • Mass murders 1980-2008
  • Father still thinks of revenge years after son's homicide
  • Many 'best practices' known to improve murder investigations
  • Some police departments fail to tell FBI when they solve homicides
  • Breakdown of homicide clearance rates
  • Many Americans know the victim of an unsolved homicide
  • Victim's age, sex, race affect homicide clearance rates
  • Sloppy reporting prevails for America's unsolved homicides
  • Killers don't have to get away with murder
  • Crime support groups, resources, information
  • Child murders by state
  • Mass murder rises as other killings decline
  • FBI's estimated homicide clearance rates from 1965-2008
  • Gender, age, ethnic breakdown of homicides
  • Solution rates for child homicides vary by sex, race, age
  • Homicides and clearance rates from 1980-2008

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