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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Yakima County, WA

The Junip Creek Murders (1987)

Unsolved homicide from 1987 in Yakima County, WA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the tip line transcripts.

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Abandoned warehouse interior lit by a single shaft of light
Timeline
  1. 1987

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

  2. 1988

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

  3. 1998

    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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2 filed
archive_moth3 days ago

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

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coldfile_ann1 day ago

The tip line transcripts were never indexed. Volunteers have digitised roughly a third and duplicate callers are already emerging.

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