Note that in the December audio interview, McCain keeps referring to Kyron's case as a cold case.
When Staton presented the task force business plan to the board of commissioners, his co-presenter was Lt. Ned Walls. Lt. Walls is head of MCSO's cold case division.
If you look in the talk force business plan document, you see that the bi-monthly briefings are given to Lt. Walls.
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What Is a Cold Case? | National Institute of Justice
The definition of a cold case varies from agency to agency. The National Institute of Justice currently defines a cold case as any case whose probative investigative leads have been exhausted. In essence, this means a case that is only a few months old may be defined as being "cold."http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/journals/260/what-is-cold-case.htm
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Head of MCSO's Cold Case team:
Cold Case Team
Lt Ned Walls
http://www.mcso.us/public/coldcase.htm
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Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 9:30 am
Board of Commissioners Meeting
Multnomah County, Oregon
Multnomah Building, Commissioners Board Room 100
SHERIFFS OFFICE 9:30 am
R-1 BUDGET MODIFICATION MCSO-07 - Requesting General Fund Contingency Transfer to the Sheriffs Office in the Amount $209,656 for the Kyron Horman Investigation. Presenters: Sheriff Dan Staton and Lieutenant Ned Walls (10 min)
http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/cc/agenda.shtml
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MCSO Task Force Business Plan - October 13, 2010
The TF Sergeant shall provide a bi-monthly case progress briefing to Lieutenant Walls who will forward to the Operations Captain and the Chief Deputy, with presentation of progress to the Sheriff.
http://media.oregonlive.com/portland_impact/other/KHTaskForceBusPlanWallsMedia_release.pdf