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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Shelby County, TN

The Gallagher Homicide (1984)

Unsolved homicide from 1984 in Shelby County, TN. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Timeline
  1. 1984

    Body discovered near Marsh End; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1985

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

  3. 1998

    Evidence is re-submitted for testing under a cold case grant.

  4. Recently

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

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2 filed
paper_trail1 day ago

The autopsy summary and the charging document disagree on time of death by roughly six hours.

198 agree
archive_moth1 week ago

The evidence inventory lists a fibre sample that does not appear in any lab report. Where did it go?

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