The Aurora Police Department announced Thursday that numerous boxes of material from old homicide cases were discovered at the home of a former detective.

Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain said the department is undergoing an organizational transformation, allowing detectives to revisit cold cases. Chamberlain explained the discovery was made as detectives were reviewing a case from 1997 when they were unable to locate materials that were part of the investigation.

Aurora Police Department Chief Todd Chamberlain CBS

When they were unable to find the hard copy files or anything in the digital evidence system, they reached out to the original Major Crimes Homicide Unit detective who worked on the case. The detective worked in the unit from 1996 until 2011, said Chamberlain, and retir

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