Scottish Cold Case Unit @GCUColdCaseUnit
The GCU Cold Case Unit works with Locate International on cold case missing persons and unidentified remains. Joined November 2021-
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On #internationalvolunteersday Dave Grimstead, @LocateCIO, CEO: "Every single person at Locate International is a volunteer. Our achievements are due to the commitment of #volunteers who dedicate so much time & expertise to make this happen. Thank you to all those who volunteer."
Great for the @GCUColdCaseUnit to be nominated for a ‘Points of Pride’ at GCU on International Volunteers Day. We are grateful to all our students for the time they give to the unit.
Today's @Daily_Record highlights the outstanding work of the @GCUColdCaseUnit 👏⤵️ dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-…
Our @GCU_StudentLife team spoke with Social Sciences students Julie and Amanda about their work with the @GCUColdCaseUnit for the Student Podcast 👏 Listen to the podcast on Spotify or SoundCloud: 🎙 Spotify 🎧 shorturl.at/bjNU3 SoundCloud 🎧 shorturl.at/jnyBE
📺 | A missing person's case under investigation by the Scottish Cold Case Unit at Glasgow Caledonian has featured in a televised national appeal. Full story: 📲 gcu.ac.uk/aboutgcu/unive… #WeAreGCU
A fantastic turn out from the team to run the stall at the Fresher’s fayre this week 👏 - lots of interest in the Cold Case Unit - looking forward to having new recruits.
A great day of training for our Scottish Cold Case Unit students from our colleagues at @PoliceScotland’s National Missing Persons Unit. Great to have such a beneficial partnership with skilled and generous officers. @CaledonianNews @SocialscienceG
Congratulations to our fantastic Scottish Cold Case Unit graduates who received their degrees today! We are so proud of you & so lucky to have you in the team 🎉 👩🎓
One of our fantastic @GCUColdCaseUnit students, Brodie is skydiving to raise money for @LocateCIO Read about her story and help Brodie to raise essential funds here gofundme.com/f/locate-inter…… Go Brodie!
A different work location for us today, leafleting and putting up posters about Balmore Man at the #CampsieShow campsieshow.co.uk Hoping to raise awareness among the local population. locate.international/balmore-man-ap… @CaledonianNews @SocialscienceG
A fantastic Scottish Cold Case Unit away day today with this amazing gang. Committed, diligent, generous - we’re luck to have such great students. Reflecting on the year that’s past & planning for the year ahead. @DrMaureenTaylo1 @lejmcmillan @CaledonianNews @SocialscienceG
Proud to be presenting the work of the @GCUColdCaseUnit and our collaboration with @LocateCIO and the International Cold Case Analysis Project at the @NCJTC National Missing and Unidentified Persons Conference in Florida. The value of international collaboration in cold cases.
We’re delighted the Scottish Cold Case Unit has been shortlisted in the Partnership category of the Herald Higher Education Awards 23 - great to partner with our colleagues at @LocateCIO @PoliceScotland and a wide range of academic and forensic experts to further cold case work.
We’re delighted the Scottish Cold Case Unit has been shortlisted in the Partnership category of the Herald Higher Education Awards 23 - great to partner with our colleagues at @LocateCIO @PoliceScotland and a wide range of academic and forensic experts to further cold case work.
Calling all defence solicitors, barristers and legal representatives! Join our exciting FREE event on May 2nd. A unique collaborative opportunity to overcome forensic challenges faced by advocates in the CJS today. We want your input! Details:engage.strath.ac.uk/event/1003 #EngageStrath
On Sunday, May 19, 1996, the body of a man was found on the bank of the River Avon in #Somerset. He is believed to have fallen from the nearby Clifton Suspension Bridge. A thread 🧵
The face of a mystery man found dead in the woods bbc.in/3D9zqht
Can you help us identify Balmore Man? Have you lost touch with someone who meets this description? Please retweet.
Can you help us identify Balmore Man? Have you lost touch with someone who meets this description? Please retweet.
In 1994, a man was found dead floating in the North Sea. We're looking for any information which may identify him. Learn more here: bit.ly/3U3Vpx0 #sharetosolve
📣 | GCU's Cold Case Unit and @LocateCIO are appealing to the Irish public to help them solve a 16-year mystery. Investigators suspect a woman found washed ashore in Scotland in 2006 may have entered the water near Dublin. #WeAreGCU | @GCUColdCaseUnit

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