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

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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Body discovered near Saltmarsh; the county opens a homicide investigation.
Initial canvass closes without a named suspect; the case goes inactive.
Evidence is re-submitted for testing under a cold case grant.
Ledger contributors reopen the evidence inventory and index the public record.
County weather records contradict the stated ground conditions in the scene report. That changes the tyre impression reading.
Newspaper coverage from the following month quotes a detail that never appears in any filing. Someone briefed a reporter.
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