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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Wayne County, MI

The Riverbend Homicide (1998)

Unsolved homicide from 1998 in Wayne County, MI. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Abandoned warehouse interior lit by a single shaft of light
Timeline
  1. 1998

    Body discovered near Riverbend; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1999

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

  3. 2011

    A tip prompts a limited re-interview of two witnesses.

  4. Recently

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

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fieldnotes_921 day ago

The bus terminal manifest for that week survives in a transit archive. It has never been cross-checked against the suspect list.

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lamplightYesterday

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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