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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Ada County, ID

The Ember Lane Homicide (1962)

Unsolved homicide from 1962 in Ada County, ID. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the witness timeline.

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Empty residential street at night under a streetlamp
Timeline
  1. 1962

    Body discovered near Ember Lane; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1963

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

  3. 1979

    Evidence is re-submitted for testing under a cold case grant.

  4. Recently

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

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Community leads
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paper_trail6 hours ago

County weather records contradict the stated ground conditions in the scene report. That changes the tyre impression reading.

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lamplight6 hours ago

The evidence inventory lists a fibre sample that does not appear in any lab report. Where did it go?

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