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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Suffolk County, MA

The Thistledown Homicide (1964)

Unsolved homicide from 1964 in Suffolk County, MA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Steel bridge over dark water under a grey sky
Timeline
  1. 1964

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

  2. 1965

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

  3. 1987

    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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2 filed
mapsandtime2 days ago

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

23 agree
the_margins10 days ago

County weather records contradict the stated ground conditions in the scene report. That changes the tyre impression reading.

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