Title 34NavyRelease 119-73

§60903 Full reinvestigation

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle VI— - Other Crime Control and Law Enforcement Matters › Chapter CHAPTER 609— - HOMICIDE VICTIMS’ FAMILIES’ RIGHTS › § 60903

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If the required case-file review finds a full reinvestigation would produce useful leads, the agency must do one. The reinvestigation must reexamine all evidence to find leads or a likely suspect, be done by someone new to the case, and only one such reinvestigation may happen at a time for the same victim.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §60903

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(a)The agency shall conduct a full reinvestigation of the cold case murder at issue if the review of the case file required by section 60901 of this title concludes that a full reinvestigation of such cold case murder would result in probative investigative leads.
(b)A full reinvestigation shall include analyzing all evidence regarding the cold case murder at issue for the purpose of developing probative investigative leads or a likely perpetrator.
(c)A reinvestigation required under subsection (a) shall not be conducted by a person who previously investigated the murder at issue.
(d)Only one full reinvestigation shall be undertaken at any one time with respect to the same cold case murder victim.

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Citation

34 U.S.C. § 60903

Title 34Navy

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73