We encourage anyone with information to do the right thing and come forward.
- If you have any information pertaining to Julie’s disappearance or murder, we urge you to come forward. You can still remain anonymous by calling in your tip at 866-411-TIPS (8477). When you call the toll-free tip hotline, you will not be asked for your name, where you live, or how you got the tip. The call center does not have caller ID or electronic recording devices. You will be given a confidential “tip number” that corresponds to the crime being reported. Your confidential “tip number” is what you will use when checking on the status of your tip or picking up your reward (up to $25k).
- If you leave a message at the above and DO NOT hear back from a detective within 48 hours, please keep calling them and record the date and time of each attempt. You may also submit a tip through the Justice for Julie Ferguson website.
- Find us on facebook, “Like” Justice for Julie, and then share any news and articles to your own wall. You never know who might know something.
- Talk about Julie and her case with others in your community. You never know what new information may come up that could spark an “aha” moment that could help break the case.
- Keep praying and believing that Julie’s killer(s) will be identified and held responsible.
- Visit A Look Back: March 1995 to jog your memory if you were in the area around the time of Julie’s murder.
5 Ways to Solve a Cold Case (Additional ways to help!)
1. Leverage forensic science and technology
In Julie’s On the Case episode, investigators mentioned that they have submitted Touch DNA for testing. This can take a long time. Check in with the PGCPD from time to time to see where the lab they are working with is at with the testing for Julie Ferguson’s case. Let them know you care. Homicide/Cold Case Unit. Phone: 301-516-2512
2. Recognize relationship changes and the passage of time.
Decades later, people who know something might be more willing to come forward. They can still remain anonymous by calling in their tip at 866-411-TIPS (8477). When you call the toll-free tip hotline, you will not be asked for your name, where you live, or how you got the tip. The call center does not have caller ID or electronic recording devices. You will be given a confidential “tip number” that corresponds to the crime being reported. Your confidential “tip number” is what you will use when checking on the status of your tip or picking up your reward.
3. Exploit information in our correctional systems
If you know someone who is currently incarcerated, lived in the area at the time, and may have pertinent information, see if they are willing to share any information with authorities.
4. Identify investigative errors
Sometimes certain people are not interviewed the first time around but probably should have been. If you know someone or are that someone, you can call either of the numbers listed above.
5. Be persistent
We’re all here 25+ years later. Keep calling, keep thinking, keep praying! As one of Julie’s friends so beautifully said, Julie was a good person. She never hurt a soul. She deserves justice.
Source: https://www.police1.com/…/5-ways-to-solve-a-cold-case…/
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