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This episode discusses the advancements in cold case investigations and the role of AI technology in solving them.

What if the technology to solve cold cases already exists — and most law enforcement doesn't know how to use it? In Part 2 of this two-part conversation on Heroes Behind the Badge, Morgan Wright goes beyond the Guthrie case and reveals what's actually changing in cold case investigation. This episode is not about hope or hype. It's not about what AI might do someday. And it's not about replacing investigators. It's about what is already operational — and the uncomfortable gap between what law enforcement knows and what they could know if the right tools were in their hands. We talk about: How a six-month fugitive was located in 36 hours using only open-source data Why treating a case like a social media profile changes everything How AI-structured prompts are producing 15-page investigative reports in hours Why the reward in the Guthrie case may not be what breaks it open The second-suspect question — and what the ring camera footage doesn't tell us The $5.7 trillion annual cost of unsolved crime in America How ordinary citizens can contribute to active cases right now The conversation that started in Part 1 with first-principles analysis of the Guthrie case ends here with…

People in this episode

Guest: Morgan Wright

Topics covered

• cold cases
• investigative technology
• AI in law enforcement
• open-source data
• citizen involvement
• criminal justice

Keywords

• cold cases
• AI
• law enforcement
• investigative reports
• open-source data
• citizen involvement
• Nancy Guthrie

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Citizens Behind the Badge

Books & works: The Nancy Guthrie Case

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