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

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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Body discovered near Copper Flats; the county opens a homicide investigation.
Initial canvass closes without a named suspect; the case goes inactive.
Records are digitised and released under a public records request.
Ledger contributors reopen the evidence inventory and index the public record.
County weather records contradict the stated ground conditions in the scene report. That changes the tyre impression reading.
A retired deputy's field notebook, released last year, names a person of interest absent from the official file.
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