Can You Help the FBI Solve a Cold Case?

Have you been a fan of crime novels and television shows your entire life and perhaps even imagined yourself as the person who would one day solve a murder mystery that had left everyone else stumped? Well, the FBI is now offering that chance. If you have a talent for deciphering codes, you may be able to help the authorities figure out why Ricky McCormick's body was found in a field more than a decade ago.

McCormick was found in a field near St. Louis, Missouri and no one has been able to figure how he got there or how he died, although it is believed that he was murdered. Law enforcement thinks that some clues to the crimes may be found in the two pages of encrypted notes that were found in McCormick's pocket and that were written by the victim. While the FBI often figures out the most difficult codes within hours, this one has had stumped them since 1999.

Repeated consultations with analysts, statisticians, and mathematicians have proven fruitless to this point and so now the FBI is turning to the general public. If you want to give it a try, check out the page on the FBI website that is dedicated to tips on this case. If you're successful, maybe the agents will ask you for help with the number one un-cracked code on their list—a note from the "Zodiac killer," who murdered five people in California in the late-1960s.

I hope that if you are a fan of thrillers, you have given one of my books a read! If not, please check out Compulsion, Dead Game, or Silent Partner and let me know what you think! There are no cryptic messages, but plenty of intrigue and psychological terror as serial killers are tracked down and brought to justice.