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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Kanawha County, WV

The Ember Lane Murders (1970)

Unsolved homicide from 1970 in Kanawha County, WV. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Timeline
  1. 1970

    Body discovered near Ember Lane; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1971

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

  3. 1978

    Evidence is re-submitted for testing under a cold case grant.

  4. Recently

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

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dockethound1 week ago

The tip line transcripts were never indexed. Volunteers have digitised roughly a third and duplicate callers are already emerging.

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