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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Shelby County, TN

The Jarrell Homicide (1973)

Unsolved homicide from 1973 in Shelby County, TN. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the tip line transcripts.

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Abandoned warehouse interior lit by a single shaft of light
Timeline
  1. 1973

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

  2. 1974

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

  3. 1991

    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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secondpass5 hours 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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