LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin announced today at the annual Missing Persons Event in Benton that his office will establish a new unit dedicated to investigating cold cases.
“I’ve had many people bring cold cases to my attention in the past, and to date I’ve had to refer them to other law enforcement agencies. No one agency can do it all, and bringing the expertise and resources of my office to this effort is a good and right step to take. The role of my office is to provide resources statewide, and we will look to coordinate efforts with agencies already doing great work on cold cases,” Griffin stated.
The Cold Case Unit will operate using already-approved appropriations and will require no additional resources. It will be part of the office’s Special Investigations Division, led by Chief Wayne Bewley.
About Attorney General Tim Griffin
Tim Griffin was sworn in as the 57th Attorney General of Arkansas on January 10, 2023, after serving as the state’s 20th Lieutenant Governor from 2015-2023. From 2011-2015, he represented Arkansas’s Second Congressional District, where he served on multiple House committees including Ways and Means, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Ethics, and Judiciary while also acting as a Deputy Whip for the Majority.
Griffin has been an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps for over 28 years and holds the rank of colonel. In 2005, he was mobilized as an Army prosecutor at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, serving with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Mosul, Iraq. He currently commands the 2d Legal Operations Detachment in New Orleans. His previous roles include Commander of the 134th Legal Operations Detachment at Fort Liberty (formerly Bragg), North Carolina; Senior Legislative Advisor at the Pentagon; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Special Assistant to President George W. Bush; and various positions within U.S. Department of Justice and Congress.
Griffin holds a master’s degree in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College and has degrees from Magnolia High School, Hendrix College in Conway, Tulane Law School in New Orleans, and attended graduate school at Oxford University. He is licensed to practice law in Arkansas (active) and Louisiana (inactive). He resides in Little Rock with his wife Elizabeth and their three children.
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