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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Erie County, NY

The Saltmarsh Homicide (1987)

Unsolved homicide from 1987 in Erie County, NY. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Abandoned warehouse interior lit by a single shaft of light
Timeline
  1. 1987

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

  2. 1988

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

  3. 2005

    A tip prompts a limited re-interview of two witnesses.

  4. Recently

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

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the_margins10 days ago

The tip line transcripts were never indexed. Volunteers have digitised roughly a third and duplicate callers are already emerging.

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