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Matthew McGough

Crime

The Lazarus File

A murder case in Los Angeles, cold since the late ’80s, heats up thanks to breakthroughs in forensic science and leads detectives to “one of the unlikeliest murder suspects in the city’s history.”

Matthew McGough The Atlantic Jun 2011 35min Permalink

Crime

Not Forgotten

On the LAPD’s decade-old cold case division: its detectives, its tactics, and its successes.

Matthew McGough Pacific Standard Oct 2011 25min Permalink