Thanks for the link Woe, I was wondering what Vicap was, have never heard of it before.
Violent Criminal Apprehension Program/ViCAP Web
The Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) maintains the largest investigative repository of violent crime cases in the United States. It is a web-based data information center designed to collect and analyze information about homicides, sexual assaults, missing persons, and unidentified human remains. ViCAP Web users compare information in an attempt to identify similar cases and help move investigations forward.
ViCAPs mission is to facilitate cooperation and coordination between law enforcement agencies and to provide support to those agencies in their efforts to apprehend and prosecute violent serial offenders, especially those who cross jurisdictional boundaries.
Since its creation by the Department of Justice in 1985, more than 4,000 law enforcement agencies have submitted cases to ViCAP, and there are currently over 84,000 cases in the database. More than 4,000 investigators and analysts are registered users of the system, and together they forge a powerful nationwide network of professionals collaborating on a daily basis.
Law enforcement agencies may obtain access to ViCAPs database via a secure Internet link on the Law Enforcement Online (LEO) network by contacting ViCAP at
vicap@leo.gov, or by visiting
www.leo.gov. Users can enter cases directly into ViCAP via the web and conduct queries on a real-time basis.