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Iowa Attorney General holds press conference about new cold case unit

Published July 2, 2024 | Video Starts at 51:02

Since I took office, we have prosecuted two cold cases in the Attorney General's office. Just weeks ago, our office prosecuted a case from 2012 over the murder of Kenneth Carl Gallmeyer. Last year, we prosecuted 16 murders overall and we are not stopping there. With this unit, we will dedicate a full time team to cracking cold cases and ensuring justice is served. (51:02–51:08)

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Brenna Bird

“I promised on the campaign trail back when I ran for attorney General that we would create a unit that is dedicated to solving cold cases.”
Iowa Attorney General holds press conference about new cold case unit | Uploaded July 2, 2024 | 44:35-44:44
“My office's new cold case unit investigates unsolved murders and works to promote and provide families with some long overdue answers.”
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“The cold case unit officially started with funding yesterday because that's the beginning of our state's fiscal year.”
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“Iowa has over 400 unsolved cold cases, and there's more than 40 here in Linn county alone.”
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“The cold case unit that we're building is made up of three investigators and one dedicated cold case prosecutor.”
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“In 2018, the Cedar Rapids PD solved the third 39 year old case of Michelle Martinko's murder.”
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“Most states also have a cold case unit at the state level. And now Iowa does too.”
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“Since I took office, we have prosecuted two cold cases in the Attorney General's office.”
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“With this unit, we will dedicate a full time team to cracking cold cases and ensuring justice is served.”
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“The Cedar Rapids PD has really led the way in terms of their cold case unit and are a great example to all of us.”
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“We're talking about people, not numbers.”
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“We will always be looking, we will always be working for justice.”
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“We requested from the legislature $536,000 per year to fund three investigators and one prosecutor.”
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“The legislature and the governor fully funded our request.”
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“The prosecutor will likely be located in our office in Des Moines.”
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“The three investigators will be based on law enforcement intelligent network regions.”
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“Since the application has been provided, we've had a lot of interest in the cold case investigator positions.”
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“As of yesterday, we have the funding.”
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“We are open now for leads.”
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“Our cold case investigators are gonna be looking at all the cold cases in their region and working with local law enforcement to determine…”
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“We would work with all law enforcement to help them have the resources they need in order to do scientific testing or DNA testing.”
Iowa Attorney General holds press conference about new cold case unit | Uploaded July 2, 2024 | 1:37:07-1:37:14
“Law enforcement are stretched so thin in many communities the having a state cold case unit will really help sheriff's offices and police…”
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