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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Shelby County, TN

The Vale Crossing Road Killing (1990)

Unsolved homicide from 1990 in Shelby County, TN. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Empty residential street at night under a streetlamp
Timeline
  1. 1990

    Body discovered near Vale Crossing; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1991

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

  3. 2001

    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
gridwalker10 days ago

Nobody ever pulled the impound log for the second vehicle named in the neighbour's statement. It is a public record and still available.

31 agree
quietmile1 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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