Cold Case Investigations, (Homicides, Arsons & Sexual Assaults)

Seminar Highlights:

New Technologies: Learn cutting-edge forensic science, advanced DNA sequencing, genetic genealogy, and digital data recovery.

Suggestive Investigative Methods: Explore innovative strategies and identify new leads. Case assessments, evidence reviews and case analysis

Legal Topics: Dead witnesses, speedy trial, chain of custody, lost evidence, corroborating circumstantial evidence and handling of charges and prosecution of the case.

Case presentations: Cases presented by the actual investigators and prosecutor.

We deep dive into Cold Case:

Homicides

Sexual Assaults

Arsons

Missing persons

Don't let time erase justice for your victims!

  • Course Availability
  • July 20, 2026 - July 22, 2026 29 Seats Left
    Hampton, Va. Police Academy Hampton, VA
Instructor
Philip G. Evans, Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney, Retired
Philip G. Evans
Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney, Retired

Philip G. Evans, recently retired after 27 years service as Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, 1994-2021.  Supervised the Adult Violent Crime Prosecution Team for 24 years and personally prosecuted all types of violent crime cases to include approximately 150 murder cases which included twenty-five defendants charged with capital murder; Recipient, 2018 Warren B. Von Schuch Award,  Distinguished Prosecutor Award; Recognized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Biometric Identification Award [Next Generation Identification System] in both 2019, Commonwealth v. Daniel Johnston: [Jury Trial, 1981 cold case homicide] and 2015, Commonwealth v. Amin Garcia, [Jury trial: cold case sexual assault]; Served as Faculty Instructor from 2004-2020 for the Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorneys’ Services Council (CASC) and/or Virginia Association of Commonwealth’s Attorneys (VACA) for multiple instruction courses to include Prosecuting Homicides, Prosecuting Capital Murder Cases, Virginia DNA Procedures; Virginia Post-Conviction DNA Petitions/Evidence Retention; Member, 2016 Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA) National Workgroup: “Police Officer Use of Force Project”; Instructor on Criminal Procedure, Norfolk Police Department, 1994-2021.  Served in the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 1987-1994, as both prosecutor and defense counsel: 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg; United States Army Berlin, Germany; United States Army Trial Defense Service.  Juris Doctor [Law Degree], Loyola University of Chicago; Bachelor’s Degree: Journalism, The Pennsylvania State University.  Resident of Chesapeake, Virginia.