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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Erie County, NY

The Unidentified Riverbend Victim (1966)

Unsolved homicide from 1966 in Erie County, NY. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Abandoned warehouse interior lit by a single shaft of light
Timeline
  1. 1966

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

  2. 1967

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

  3. 1983

    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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2 filed
coldfile_annYesterday

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

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dockethound10 days ago

Nobody ever pulled the impound log for the second vehicle named in the neighbour's statement. It is a public record and still available.

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