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ColdCriminal · Homicide· Multnomah County, OR

The Northfield Case (1991)

Unsolved homicide from 1991. Contributors are re-examining the scene photographs.

Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Timeline
  1. 1991

    Body discovered; county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1992

    Initial canvass closes without a named suspect.

  3. Recently

    Ledger contributors reopen the evidence inventory.

Community leads
2 filed
second_pass2 weeks ago

Three witness statements use nearly identical phrasing. That usually means one interviewer, one script, and one set of assumptions.

188 agree
margin_notesLast month

The autopsy summary notes an injury that never appears in the prosecution timeline. It has to fit somewhere.

154 agree

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