Naming Police Cold Cases
I'm currently revising a short story I have recently written and need some help on this nagging point.
Setting: Stirling, Scotland 2011
Background Info: The story is a paranormal horror. A case involving a brutal double murder/possible triple murder commited has recently been reopened after 2 years. No trial ever took place as the 'murderer' was apparently killed at the scene yet an autopsy put his time of death at several hours before this and it was for this reason that the case was abandoned as no solid evidence could be found to explain this. The case was investigated by the Central Scotland Police Force
The Question: What name would a cold case be given? Would it be referred to by a set of initials or numbers? Would it have an actual name or just be known by the names of the victims?
Research: I have googled the following terms: "naming police investigations', 'naming police cases', 'names for unsolved police investigations', 'names used for unsolved police investigations in scotland', 'cold case investigations scotland', 'central scotland police force' and 'cold case referral numbers' . In particular I have looked at the Wikipedia page for Case Citation, the Central Scotland Police Force website and the Cold Case Information Guide on all-about-forensic-science.com website thought none of these offered much help.
Any ideas/suggestions?
Setting: Stirling, Scotland 2011
Background Info: The story is a paranormal horror. A case involving a brutal double murder/possible triple murder commited has recently been reopened after 2 years. No trial ever took place as the 'murderer' was apparently killed at the scene yet an autopsy put his time of death at several hours before this and it was for this reason that the case was abandoned as no solid evidence could be found to explain this. The case was investigated by the Central Scotland Police Force
The Question: What name would a cold case be given? Would it be referred to by a set of initials or numbers? Would it have an actual name or just be known by the names of the victims?
Research: I have googled the following terms: "naming police investigations', 'naming police cases', 'names for unsolved police investigations', 'names used for unsolved police investigations in scotland', 'cold case investigations scotland', 'central scotland police force' and 'cold case referral numbers' . In particular I have looked at the Wikipedia page for Case Citation, the Central Scotland Police Force website and the Cold Case Information Guide on all-about-forensic-science.com website thought none of these offered much help.
Any ideas/suggestions?