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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· San Diego County, CA

The Eskridge Homicide (1973)

Unsolved homicide from 1973 in San Diego County, CA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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  1. 1973

    Body discovered near Old Mill; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1974

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

  3. 1986

    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
tidewater6 hours 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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paper_trail1 day ago

The original canvass skipped the four houses on the far side of the tracks. Those residents were never formally interviewed.

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