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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Salt Lake County, UT

The Ophelia Homicide (1991)

Unsolved homicide from 1991 in Salt Lake County, UT. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the tip line transcripts.

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Timeline
  1. 1991

    Body discovered near Junip Creek; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1992

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

  3. 2014

    A retired detective releases his field notes to the family.

  4. Recently

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

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openrecords4 days ago

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

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gridwalker2 weeks 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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