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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· King County, WA

The Winterset Murders (1976)

Unsolved homicide from 1976 in King County, WA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Timeline
  1. 1976

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

  2. 1977

    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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2 filed
paper_trail5 hours ago

Two witness statements describe the same jacket but were taken eleven months apart by different detectives. Worth reconciling.

8 agree
gridwalker4 days ago

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

226 agree

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