The article is devoted to the problem of solving crimes against life and health having been committed in the Russian Federation in recent years. The study aims to analyze the current state of efficiency of the investigative authorities of the Russian Federation enquiring previously suspended criminal cases dealing with life and health being regarded as the most dangerous group of crimes on the subject of encroachment.The research methodology consists of formal legal, statistical and analytical methods. The author gives the definition to crimes against life and health committed in the past. The paper describes statistical data of the activities of the investigative authorities of the Russian Federation enquiring previously suspended criminal cases.
The study reveals negative dynamics of crime solution effectiveness and indicates the declining interest in a record of subjects of this crime category. Crimes against life and health committed in the past are the most dangerous on the subject of their encroachment. A person, his rights and freedoms including the right to life is the highest value protected by the state. Bringing a guilty person to justice and timely crime solution prove to be important principles of inevitability of responsibility. The analysis has confirmed the priority of further improvement of the methods of investigation of this criminal cases category.