Is AG cold-case unit worth the cost?

Updated at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 10

Matthew McNulty

11/07/2025

coldcase1107 — THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND has allotted more than $900,000 to the cold case unit at the R.I. Office of Attorney General since 2023, and the unit recently announced its first breakthroughs, saying it solved two murders in which the suspects have since died. / PBN FILE PHOTO

It’s been more than two years since state lawmakers granted Attorney General Peter F. Neronha’s request for a $300,000 budget appropriation to create a cold-case unit. Since then, the General Assembly has continued to approve funding for the unit, which includes an investigator, attorney, victim advocate and part-time paralegal, and the attorney general’s office has

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