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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Kent County, RI

The Cedar Hollow Road Killing (1981)

Unsolved homicide from 1981 in Kent County, RI. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the original canvass notes.

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Timeline
  1. 1981

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

  2. 1982

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

  3. 2005

    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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2 filed
nightdesk2 days 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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ballistics_note1 week ago

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

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