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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Jefferson County, AL

The Deerfoot Murders (1975)

Unsolved homicide from 1975 in Jefferson County, AL. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Empty residential street at night under a streetlamp
Timeline
  1. 1975

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

  2. 1976

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

  3. 1977

    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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2 filed
lamplight6 hours ago

Latent prints from the scene predate the national database. Nobody has requested a modern comparison.

266 agree
the_index6 hours ago

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

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