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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Multnomah County, OR

The Merritt Yard Road Killing (1997)

Unsolved homicide from 1997 in Multnomah County, OR. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Timeline
  1. 1997

    Body discovered near Merritt Yard; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1998

    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.

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2 filed
lamplight4 days ago

The autopsy summary and the charging document disagree on time of death by roughly six hours.

283 agree
lamplight10 days ago

Two witness statements describe the same jacket but were taken eleven months apart by different detectives. Worth reconciling.

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