Title: What happens to evidence once a police case is closed? - Quora
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What happens to evidence once a police case is closed?
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Will the police let me know when an investigation is closed?

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Ethan Holmes
, academy Police and Law Enforcement & Self-Defense, Carrollton Junior Police Academy
Answered 3 years ago · Author has 73 answers and 75.3K answer views
It's thrown away after awhile but if its involved in a high class felony ( murder, Rape Child abuse, Kidnapping, assassination) is always kept in a secure location. COUGH COUGH Fort Knox, maybe Area 51 who knows. 1.6K views
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Todd Whited
Peter Beter
, CO for Texas State Prison (1978-present)
Answered 3 years ago
As a state trooper for the state of Texas, What i do with the evidence is I take all of it home and list it on eBay an resell it for some cash because if I buy things in cash it cant be traced. That’s when I buy and resell drugs. 418 views
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Wayne Shingler
, former police officer
Answered 5 years ago · Author has 609 answers and 1.6M answer views
Just because you file a police report does that mean they will investigate? Nope. How eager they'll be to investigate varies from one agency to the next. I've heard of very small departments that dust for fingerprints at every little theft (though usually as more of a public relations tool) and small town detectives who've done some pretty impressive sleuthing over simple break-ins. But other agencies--most of them these days, I'm afraid--are more focused on patrol and arresting known perpetrators. If they do investigate, it's likely to be because of one or more of the following factors: