unsolved cases
Crimes without answers
Unsolved cases are crimes, mysteries, or problems that remain without resolution despite investigation.
The phrase appears most often in law enforcement contexts—murders, disappearances, or thefts where no perpetrator has been identified or convicted: The detective spent his retirement reviewing unsolved cases.
Cold case units specialize in reopening unsolved cases when new evidence or techniques emerge.
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- unsolvedNot yet figured out
- cold casesUnsolved, inactive investigations
- suspectsThinks someone's guilty
- prime suspectMost probable perpetrator
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