30: Cold Case Cards

Inspired by the military's most-wanted Iraqi playing cards, prisons distributed cards with the details of cold cases to inmates. This initiative lead to the discovery of a serial killer.

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Artwork by: Sean Kirkpatrick and Lux Huntington 

Sources:  

https://portal.ct.gov/DCJ/Archives/Archived/Fourth-Edition-of-Cold-Case-Playing-Cards-Now-Available-to-Inmates

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/02/cold-case-playing-cards-are-an-ingenious-new-way-of-cracking-unsolved-crimes.html

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/74717/playing-cards-help-solve-cold-case-crimes

https://www.ranker.com/list/cold-case-playing-cards/jessika-gilbert

https://delawarestatenews.net/news/cold-case-playing-cards-distributed-to-prison-inmates/

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/william-devin-howell-murder-mobile_n_560054b1e4b0fde8b0cf3f81?ri18n=true&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaHVmZnBvc3QuY29tL3RvcGljL3dpbGxpYW0tZGV2aW4taG93ZWxsP2d1Y2NvdW50ZXI9MSZndWNlX3JlZmVycmVyPWFIUjBjSE02THk5M2QzY3VaMjl2WjJ4bExtTnZiUzgmZ3VjZV9yZWZlcnJlcl9zaWc9QVFBQUFDeVExdnRhSlBSY21nZHNkcXBlUHlTc3k4Q2U1dWlvbzFLcC1zRWlmOUw2aFNla3BqTWJkLTZoTzBDYXhmZjdjLTRKVExSUGJHdndiV2FrX3ZVZTRNV1FJVG9LMnBieVhmc0hMS1R5SHg3Rm5zVVAtQ2pIVG5hZXBGX1lYM1M3OW1hamhaSkRYVktoODdvMEtwa2t1V3Q2WjNlMUd4T1FxSnIwWDZuTDZ0Qjc&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAL_whz7Igq4J5SAggVySkwItkpm3d4vR3m6G1Bky2cLwDcwgHLWftHwTSKASMd07rL6rhgQkSQVALsWbur81V9OaLxj6E0-Rj8yqk32rbYVZpYrOnB-EIELM7b9-FFgAKO8wZqXuTcsuIc2wdPAKF05F8egRlajgZ5vHzQryiiCB

https://portal.ct.gov/DCJ/Archives/Archived/William-Devin-Howell-Pleads-Guilty-to-Serial-Murders

https://portal.ct.gov/DCJ/Programs/Programs/Cold-Cases---Arrests-and-Convictions

https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Connecticut-murderer-wants-reward-money-for-13138315.php

https://www.ranker.com/list/story-of-the-sick-ripper/christinatedesco

“Serial Killer William Devin Howell” – YouTube: Evidence of Evil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Q1_JkivN0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most-wanted_Iraqi_playing_cards

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