The seven year investigation offered few answers, and in December 1975, the statute of limitations on the crime passed without an arrest.

Officials in the special prosecutor's office said the judge did not weigh the evidence, but simply decided that a 30-year statute of limitations had passed.

The statute of limitations passed for this incident in 2009.

"If the statute of limitations had passed, that would have been very disheartening."

"I'm pretty certain this statute could not have passed with Titone on the court," he said.

Then I issued an executive order, then finally got a statute passed.

According to Icelandic police authorities, the statute of limitations for the act has passed.

But the next day, a Mexican judge dismissed the charges, saying the 30-year-old statute of limitations had passed.

The statute of limitations for disciplining the officers has since passed.

The Justice Department tried to prosecute them but the statute of limitations had passed.