Cold cases 247/2026

FOI Reference: 247/2026

Request

1. The total number of previously cold cases your police force has reopened and is currently working on.
2. The total number of cold cases relating to homicide.
3. The total number of cold cases relating to unidentified remains.
4. The names of victims relating to homicide cold cases and the year of the crime.
5. The names of victims relating to unidentified remains cold cases and the year of the potential crime.
6. For the context of this FOI, can cold cases refer to any unsolved crime that is not the subject of a current criminal investigation? If your police force has another definition for this term that it uses, or has a similar category/term with a different definition, could that be used instead? If this is the case, can you please explain your definition and how you use the term?  

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below:-

Response Q1

Two

Response Q2

One

Response Q3

One

Response Q4

Martha and Griff Thomas

The below hyperlink is a press article that relates to this case:-

Forensic review into 1976 farm double death nearing end, say police - BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz0xm1rl43vo

Response Q5

Unidentified

The below hyperlink is a press article that relates to this case:-

'Babe on tip': 33 years on, the mystery of a baby girl's severed leg still perplexes Heddlu Dyfed-Powys Police - Herald.Wales - https://herald.wales/national-news/crime/babe-on-tip-33-years-on-the-mystery-of-a-baby-girls-severed-leg-still-perplexes-heddlu-dyfed-powys-police/

Response Q6

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does not hold the information requested.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 11/03/2026)