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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Erie County, NY

The Unidentified Saltmarsh Victim (1979)

Unsolved homicide from 1979 in Erie County, NY. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Foggy harbor dock at night with shipping crates and a crane
Timeline
  1. 1979

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

  2. 1980

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

  3. 1991

    Evidence is re-submitted for testing under a cold case grant.

  4. Recently

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

Community leads
2 filed
quietmile4 days ago

County weather records contradict the stated ground conditions in the scene report. That changes the tyre impression reading.

291 agree
record_roomYesterday

Newspaper coverage from the following month quotes a detail that never appears in any filing. Someone briefed a reporter.

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