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ColdCriminal · Homicide· Orleans Parish, LA

The Draycott Murder (1985)

Unsolved homicide from 1985. Contributors are re-examining the scene photographs.

Foggy harbor dock at night with shipping crates and a crane
Timeline
  1. 1985

    Body discovered; county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1986

    Initial canvass closes without a named suspect.

  3. Recently

    Ledger contributors reopen the evidence inventory.

Community leads
2 filed
case_readerYesterday

The trace inventory lists an item collected on the 14th, but the scene was released on the 12th. One of those dates is wrong and it matters.

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nightfile2 weeks ago

Camera 4 was reported as non-functional, but the maintenance invoice for that month says it was serviced two days before. Worth requesting the service log.

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