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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Yakima County, WA

The Verity Homicide (1981)

Unsolved homicide from 1981 in Yakima County, WA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Abandoned warehouse interior lit by a single shaft of light
Timeline
  1. 1981

    Body discovered near Quiet Hollow; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1982

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

  3. 1984

    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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the_index10 days ago

The autopsy summary and the charging document disagree on time of death by roughly six hours.

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lamplight1 day ago

The bus terminal manifest for that week survives in a transit archive. It has never been cross-checked against the suspect list.

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