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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Fayette County, KY

The Thistledown Road Killing (1968)

Unsolved homicide from 1968 in Fayette County, KY. 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. 1968

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

  2. 1969

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

  3. 1979

    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
quietmileYesterday

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

77 agree
mapsandtime3 days ago

Newspaper coverage from the following month quotes a detail that never appears in any filing. Someone briefed a reporter.

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