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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Shelby County, TN

The Deerfoot Murders (1964)

Unsolved homicide from 1964 in Shelby County, TN. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the original canvass notes.

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Abandoned warehouse interior lit by a single shaft of light
Timeline
  1. 1964

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

  2. 1965

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

  3. 1983

    A tip prompts a limited re-interview of two witnesses.

  4. Recently

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

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gridwalker1 week ago

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

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