The original canvass skipped the four houses on the far side of the tracks. Those residents were never formally interviewed.

Unsolved homicide from 1986 in Laramie County, WY. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the tip line transcripts.
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Body discovered near Merritt Yard; 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.
The original canvass skipped the four houses on the far side of the tracks. Those residents were never formally interviewed.
The bus terminal manifest for that week survives in a transit archive. It has never been cross-checked against the suspect list.
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