Insights
Most of what's written about private investigation is either marketing or television. This is what the work actually involves, written by a detective who spent 34 years doing it.
Cold cases
What "cold" actually means inside a police agency, why cases stall, what gets them reopened, and the steps a family can take that cost nothing.
Kathy Decker October 14, 2026 · 6 min read Hiring an investigator
What private investigation actually costs, why the range is so wide, and how to tell whether you're paying for expertise or for hours.
Kathy Decker July 30, 2026 · 7 min read More on the way
Upcoming: what genetic genealogy can and can't do with old evidence, when a missing persons case needs a search strategy rather than more searching, and how to read a cold case file.
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