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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Bexar County, TX

The Copper Flats Homicide (1971)

Unsolved homicide from 1971 in Bexar County, TX. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Empty residential street at night under a streetlamp
Timeline
  1. 1971

    Body discovered near Copper Flats; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1972

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

  3. 1985

    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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openrecords5 hours ago

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

135 agree
secondpass3 days ago

The evidence inventory lists a fibre sample that does not appear in any lab report. Where did it go?

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