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§60911 Definitions

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle VI— Other Crime Control and Law Enforcement Matters › Chapter 609— HOMICIDE VICTIMS’ FAMILIES’ RIGHTS › § 60911

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used in this chapter. It tells who counts as a designated person, who is a victim, what "murder" means, what an agency is, and what makes a killing a cold case murder. A designated person is an immediate family member or someone like them that the Attorney General names. Immediate family includes parent (and parent‑in‑law), grandparent (and grandparent‑in‑law), sibling, spouse, child, or stepchild. A victim is the person who died from a cold case murder. Murder means the crime in 18 U.S.C. 1111(a) or an offense with substantially the same elements. An agency is a federal law enforcement body that can investigate or prosecute a cold case murder. A cold case murder is a killing that: happened more than three years before a designated person applied under section 60901(a); was previously investigated by a federal law enforcement agency; has no useful leads left; and has no likely suspect identified.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §60911

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In this chapter:

(1)The term “designated person” means an immediate family member or someone similarly situated, as defined by the Attorney General.

(2)The term “immediate family member” means a parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, sibling, spouse, child, or step-child of a murder victim.

(3)The term “victim” means a natural person who died as a result of a cold case murder.

(4)The term “murder” means any criminal offense under section 1111(a) of title 18 or any offense the elements of which are substantially identical to such section.

(5)The term “agency” means a Federal law enforcement entity with jurisdiction to engage in the detection, investigation, or prosecution of a cold case murder.

(6)The term “cold case murder” means a murder—

(A)committed more than three years prior to the date of an application by a designated person under section 60901(a) of this title;

(B)previously investigated by a Federal law enforcement entity;

(C)for which all probative investigative leads have been exhausted; and

(D)for which no likely perpetrator has been identified.

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Citation

34 U.S.C. § 60911

Title 34 — Navy

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60