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Retired forensic detective finds a new home in Minnesota, where he hosts crime investigation podcast
The retired investigator uses the show to share homicide and cold-case guidance with detectives, attorneys and victims’ families, citing resource gaps at small agencies.
- James Adcock launched "The Forensic Investigator" podcast from Little Falls, Minnesota, designed to educate the public on death investigations and cold cases.
- Adcock began his career in the United States Army with the Criminal Investigations Division, then served six years as chief deputy coroner in Columbia, South Carolina, after a more than 45-year investigative career.
- The Homicide Guidelines Working Group, formed by Adcock alongside top homicide detectives, created "Homicide: Guidelines for Conducting Homicide Investigations by Detectives for Detectives," distributing 3,000 copies nationwide.
- Beyond the podcast, Adcock provides forensic consulting to attorneys, law enforcement, and victims' families, believing victim advocates are critical in homicide and cold cases.
- In interviews, Adcock stated he is not entering the podcast space to make money or gain a following, but to share knowledge with a younger generation of detectives.
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Retired forensic detective finds a new home in Minnesota, where he hosts crime investigation podcast
LITTLE FALLS, Minn. — His resume reads like that of a movie character: a renowned cold-case detective and professor with decades of experience in forensics and homicide investigations. Yet James M. Adcock is as real as it gets. After a more than 45-year career that spanned the globe, taking him to investigations in the Netherlands and around the United States, Adcock has settled into retirement in an unfamiliar, yet comfortable, place near famil…
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