Former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri Tom Dittmeier, talks about the formation of the new Cold Case Unit for the State of Missouri during a press conference in St. Louis on Thursday, December 3, 2020. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt also announced that the Cold Case Unit has charged its first case, in Franklin County: the 1986 murder of Kristen Edwards. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI