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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Richland County, SC

The Blackthorn Road Killing (1988)

Unsolved homicide from 1988 in Richland County, SC. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the witness timeline.

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Timeline
  1. 1988

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

  2. 1989

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

  3. 2012

    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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longshadow2 weeks ago

The dispatch log puts the first unit on scene before the call was logged. Either the timestamps drift or the report was filed twice.

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