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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Washoe County, NV

The Copper Flats Homicide (1968)

Unsolved homicide from 1968 in Washoe County, NV. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the witness timeline.

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Empty residential street at night under a streetlamp
Timeline
  1. 1968

    Body discovered near Copper Flats; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1969

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

  3. 1981

    A retired detective releases his field notes to the family.

  4. Recently

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

Community leads
2 filed
dockethound5 hours ago

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

293 agree
record_room10 days ago

The bus terminal manifest for that week survives in a transit archive. It has never been cross-checked against the suspect list.

258 agree

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