Every cold case is someone
still waiting.
CrimeOwl is the workspace for crime sleuths. Browse real public cases, open your own private investigation, and let AI read every file, timeline, and lead you can throw at it.
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Founder Ash Ghaemi shares why he built CrimeOwl.
Custom AI case intelligence for agencies
Cold case, missing persons, and major crimes — secure deployments built around your workflow.
Why CrimeOwl exists
Our founder has been waiting over 20 years for answers.
Ash Ghaemi's mother disappeared more than two decades ago. Her case was never solved. The evidence didn't vanish — it got buried: in binders, in hard drives, in phone calls that stopped coming back.
He built CrimeOwl because he's lived inside the problem. Families get forgotten. Leads get lost. Detectives drown in paper. Meanwhile, modern AI can read everything in minutes — if someone puts a workspace around it.
So he did. This is that workspace.
Ash & his mother
The photo — and the case — behind CrimeOwl.
“Every cold case is a family that was told to wait. I refused to keep waiting. So we built the tool I wish my family had.”
Ash Ghaemi
Founder, CrimeOwl
Case spotlight
Start with a story. Then follow the evidence.
A few strong entry points into the public library: image-rich cases with enough context to read, compare, and start asking better questions.
Built for crime sleuths
Notebook-grade thinking. Detective-grade tools.
One case, one workspace
Stop scattering clues across tabs, PDFs, and screenshots. Files, timelines, suspects, and locations live in one place that actually remembers what you found.
An AI that reads everything
Upload thousands of files. Ask questions. Surface contradictions, connect names, rebuild timelines, and revisit evidence with a second mind that never gets tired.
Private by default
Your case is yours. Keep it locked down to you and a trusted partner, or open it up to the public when you want leads to come in.
Recently added
Latest from both sides of the library
Official imports that can still be claimed, plus cases submitted by the community.
Claimable cases
Official imports ready for a case-holder
AMEERA DEADRICK - HOUSTON, TEXAS
April 1, 2016 Possibly in Houston, Texas Ameera Deadrick was last seen in a Facebook video on approximately April 1, 2016. It appeared in the video she was at a Chuck E. Cheese, possibly in Houston, Texas. According to Ameera’s biological father, he left Ameera with a family friend named “Tootie” in the vicinity of Hubbard, Texas, on November 14, 2016, which is four hours away from Houston. At the time, Tootie may have been living in an apartment in Waco, Texas.
KONSTANTIN VIKTOROVICH KILIMNIK
Obstruction of Justice; Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice Caution: Konstantin Viktorovich Kilimnik is wanted by the FBI for obstruction of justice and engaging in a conspiracy to obstruct justice which occurred in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere from in or about and between February 23, 2018, and April of 2018. A 2018 indictment issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia alleges that Kilimnik knowingly and intentionally attempted to corruptly persuade another person, with intent to influence, delay, and prevent testimony in an official proceeding. Kilimnik worked and served as a liaison to Ukrainian and Russian politicians and businessmen. Kilimnik, who is assessed by the FBI to have ties to Russian Intelligence, allegedly assisted with a multi-million dollar lobbying campaign in the United States which was allegedly conducted at the direction of the Ukrainian Government without providing disclosures required by law. On June 8, 2018, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Konstantin Viktorovich Kilimnik in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia after he was charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Remarks: Kilimnik speaks Russian and English. He has ties to Russia.
JANE DOE - WESTBY, WISCONSIN
Westby, Wisconsin May 4, 1984 The victim was located on May 4, 1984, dumped along Old Line Road approximately six miles from Westby, Wisconsin. The perpetrator made no attempt to hide the body. A yellow, two-door compact vehicle was seen in the vicinity. The victim was wearing dentures with the numbers 420 or 4-20 inscribed and 289 in raised lettering.
Community submitted
New cases added by families and sleuths
Three steps in
From curious to case-holder in an afternoon.
You don't need a badge. You don't need a team. You need a workspace that respects the weight of what you're looking at.
Start with a real case
Pick a public cold case. See how CrimeOwl organizes timelines, persons of interest, locations, and open questions.
Open your own workspace
Upload files, drop in notes, and start asking the AI what it sees. Keep it private, or publish it to invite tips.
Go deeper with Personal
Unlimited AI chat, your own full case, room for a collaborator. Nine bucks a month. No enterprise theater.
Someone's family is counting on someone to keep looking.
It might as well be you. Start with a public case today. Open your own workspace when it gets personal.
Citizen detectives, students, journalists, families, investigators — anyone willing to sit with a case and ask better questions.
Upload thousands of pages. Ask anything. Get grounded answers with citations back to your own files.
Keep a case private. Share with one collaborator. Or flip it public when you want tips from the world.