Project Grant 2020DNBX0161

This Project Grant award of $450,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036) supports the Contra Costa District Attorney's Office and Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office in investigating and prosecuting cold case homicides where suspect DNA has been identified. The funding will enable two dedicated cold case investigators to review case files, conduct further forensic testing and analysis,...

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.036 Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program) will support the City of Erie Police Department and Erie County District Attorney's Office in establishing a Cold Case Team. The team will focus on investigating and prosecuting 42 unsolved homicides, 8 missing persons cases with suspicious circumstances, and 8 unsolved violent rapes, where DNA evidence has identified potential...

The County of Sacramento received a $500,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program to expand its Cold Case DNA Prosecution Team. The team will increase its capacity to prosecute violent crime cold cases where DNA evidence has been obtained but no suspects have been identified, as well as decrease the number of cold cases where suspect DNA has been identified but not prosecuted....

The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036). The grant will fund the establishment of a dedicated Cold Case Task Force to investigate and prosecute violent crime cold cases where DNA from a suspect has been identified. The key objectives are to focus on unsolved violent cold cases, enhance investigative and forensic...

The City and County of Denver, District Attorney's Office (DDAO) received a $533,200 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741). The grant funds the Denver Cold Case Collaborative, which investigates and prosecutes violent crime cold cases where suspect DNA profiles exist. Key activities supported by the award include maintaining a dedicated cold case prosecutor, providing forensic scientist and...

The County of Sacramento Department of Finance Division has been awarded a $533,200 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741). The grant will fund the Sacramento County District Attorney's Cold Case DNA Prosecution Team, which aims to increase the prosecution of violent crime cold cases where DNA evidence has been obtained but no suspects identified. Key objectives include processing over 1,000 unsolved cold cases, identifying...

The Westchester County District Attorney's Office was awarded $500,000 under the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance's DNA Backlog Reduction Program to add an additional prosecutor to its newly formed Cold Case Bureau. The Cold Case Bureau, currently staffed by one prosecutor, is responsible for reviewing over 100 unsolved homicide and violent crime cases, 27 of which have identified suspect DNA evidence. An additional prosecutor will allow the Bureau to further investigate...

The Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office in Modesto, California will receive $500,000 under a three-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to review, investigate, and analyze unsolved violent crime cold cases dating back at least three years that may be solved through forensic techniques and DNA evidence. The District Attorney's Office will work with local law enforcement agencies to increase prosecutions of violent cold cases and...

The Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036). The funding will be used to create a Cold Case Unit within the Attorney General's Office to support investigations and prosecutions of violent crime cold cases across the state of Oklahoma. Key activities include conducting a comprehensive inventory of violent crime cold...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036) to the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office (RIAG). The grant will support RIAG's "Closure Project" to solve cold cases using enhanced DNA analysis and familial DNA searching capabilities. Key activities include inventorying cold cases, reviewing and selecting cases for further investigation, increasing the state's...