Reopening The Case
With this new detail that Mark had provided, James Kern’s case was reopened — as well as the case of Marks’ mother’s disappearance. The FBI used new technology to age their identikit sketches appropriately and sent out alerts across every state.
There are 21,894 women missing in cases that have gone cold in the U.S. as of 2016. Even though these cases are cold they are reopened if new evidence is found.