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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Shelby County, TN

The Unidentified Copper Flats Victim (1967)

Unsolved homicide from 1967 in Shelby County, TN. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the witness timeline.

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Abandoned warehouse interior lit by a single shaft of light
Timeline
  1. 1967

    Body discovered near Copper Flats; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1968

    Initial canvass closes without a named suspect; the case goes inactive.

  3. 1973

    Records are digitised and released under a public records request.

  4. Recently

    Ledger contributors reopen the evidence inventory and index the public record.

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fieldnotes_925 hours ago

Nobody ever pulled the impound log for the second vehicle named in the neighbour's statement. It is a public record and still available.

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