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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Polk County, IA

The Lakeshore Murders (1988)

Unsolved homicide from 1988 in Polk County, IA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the witness timeline.

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Timeline
  1. 1988

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

  2. 1989

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

  3. 1994

    Records are digitised and released under a public records request.

  4. Recently

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

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lamplight4 days ago

The evidence inventory lists a fibre sample that does not appear in any lab report. Where did it go?

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secondpass2 days ago

A retired deputy's field notebook, released last year, names a person of interest absent from the official file.

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