Robert Smith, age 37, in Detroit on December 28, 2013. Cases like this, with minimal public reporting, reflect a broader trend in Detroit's high rate of unsolved violent crimes, many of which go unreported in the media and remain under-resourced due to investigative backlogs.
Detroit’s Cold Case Unit, which works with the Detroit Police Department and other agencies, focuses on these longstanding cases. The department relies heavily on community cooperation and public tips, as forensi
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