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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Yakima County, WA

The Copper Flats Murders (1978)

Unsolved homicide from 1978 in Yakima County, WA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the original canvass notes.

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Steel bridge over dark water under a grey sky
Timeline
  1. 1978

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

  2. 1979

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

  3. 1980

    Records are digitised and released under a public records request.

  4. Recently

    Ledger contributors reopen the evidence inventory and index the public record.

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the_index2 days ago

County weather records contradict the stated ground conditions in the scene report. That changes the tyre impression reading.

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coldfile_ann4 days ago

A retired deputy's field notebook, released last year, names a person of interest absent from the official file.

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