I do not have a link to the announcement of the re-opening of Tommy's case, it was told to me by someone working in his case, therefore consider it my opinion based on my research. I will see I am puzzled that in that jurisdicion there is no coverage on the attempted abduction at Swarthmore College- Thomas Chiang.
Classification of cases, is a legal standard and protocal, there is no inbetween. If a case is unsolved, it is open, forever, or until it is. It is true the statisitic of open cases forces some LE to close them with unanswered questions, but I am unaware of what cases you are referring to that they are "re-opening"- and I can tell you that KTSP has had more than a few errors in reporting these cases.
If you recall, I posted a long time ago that each one of these cases should be reviewed individually on their own merits, rather than see how they fit into one scenario- you wouldnt do that as the lead investigator on a case as they should be working from the exclusionary rule, which after reviewing these cases in detail, is NOT the case.
I am hopeful that Bill is able to progress Josh's case and it results in a successful prosecution. It is my opinion an arrest in any one of these cases wil start the ball rolling for answers these families deserve. He has reached out to the FBI and started several petitions, I hope he is successful I will review Bill's interview again and post if I have any other thoughts.