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

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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Body discovered near Riverbend; the county opens a homicide investigation.
Initial canvass closes without a named suspect; the case goes inactive.
A tip prompts a limited re-interview of two witnesses.
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The bus terminal manifest for that week survives in a transit archive. It has never been cross-checked against the suspect list.
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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