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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Polk County, IA

The Unidentified Lakeshore Victim (1982)

Unsolved homicide from 1982 in Polk County, IA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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  1. 1982

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

  2. 1983

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

  3. 1984

    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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nightdesk2 days ago

Two witness statements describe the same jacket but were taken eleven months apart by different detectives. Worth reconciling.

129 agree
longshadow6 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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