Featured Presentations
International Cold Case Analysis Project: Advancing Long-Term
Missing and Unidentified Persons Investigations Through
International Collaboration
Presenters: Dave Grimstead, Chief Executive, Locate International
Dr. Maureen Taylor, Head of Scottish Cold Case Unit at Glasgow Caledonian University
Karsten Bettels, Detective Chief Superintendent, Police Academy Lower Saxony
The International Cold Case Analysis Project (ICCAP) is a groundbreaking project co-founded by Police Expert Network Missing Persons (Europe), Police Academy Lower Saxony, Locate International and Amber Alert Europe. The ICCAP brings teams together from universities throughout the UK, Germany, North Macedonia, and Australia to review several unsolved murders, unidentified remains or missing people cases, and prepare presentation of their findings to the German Public Prosecutor and representative from police forces across Europe. The ICCAP model encourages learners to practice higher-order cognitive skills that are needed to support agile investigative thinking. During this session, you will gain insights into the benefits of international collaboration and how investigative methods and techniques from different countries combine to advance investigations, as well as review case studies of missing and unidentified persons.