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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Jefferson County, AL

The Umber Flats Homicide (1979)

Unsolved homicide from 1979 in Jefferson County, AL. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the tip line transcripts.

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Steel bridge over dark water under a grey sky
Timeline
  1. 1979

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

  2. 1980

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

  3. 1981

    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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coldfile_ann2 days ago

Latent prints from the scene predate the national database. Nobody has requested a modern comparison.

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