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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Cook County, IL

The Unidentified Silver Fork Victim (1973)

Unsolved homicide from 1973 in Cook County, IL. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Steel bridge over dark water under a grey sky
Timeline
  1. 1973

    Body discovered near Silver Fork; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1974

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

  3. 1997

    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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gridwalker10 days ago

The dispatch log puts the first unit on scene before the call was logged. Either the timestamps drift or the report was filed twice.

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secondpass2 weeks ago

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

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