“Cold case” playing cards in Mississippi jails aim to solve murders, disappearances [Video]

A Mississippi organization is trying to solve cold cases with a special deck of cards. 

The Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers created “cold case” playing cards that have information about various unsolved homicide and missing persons cases, printing 2,500 of the decks to be distributed within seven jails. 

Each deck features 56 cold cases. There are 20 missing persons cases, according to Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers CEO Lori Massey, and 36 unsolved homicides on the cards. 

The cards each have photos of a missing or deceased person, and information about the circumstances under which they died or were last seen.

Massey told CBS News that the organization was inspired to release the decks after learning that other Crime Stoppers units nationwide had used the technique to successfully get information about cold cases. 

“We are not the first, but we are …