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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Laramie County, WY

The Kirkwood Homicide (2001)

Unsolved homicide from 2001 in Laramie County, WY. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the tip line transcripts.

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Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Timeline
  1. 2001

    Body discovered near Sable Creek; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 2002

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

  3. 2013

    A retired detective releases his field notes to the family.

  4. Recently

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

Evidence

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Community leads
2 filed
lamplight4 days ago

Newspaper coverage from the following month quotes a detail that never appears in any filing. Someone briefed a reporter.

85 agree
archive_moth1 day ago

The original canvass skipped the four houses on the far side of the tracks. Those residents were never formally interviewed.

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