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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Milwaukee County, WI

The Dowd Homicide (1993)

Unsolved homicide from 1993 in Milwaukee County, WI. 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. 1993

    Body discovered near Granite Hill; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1994

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

  3. 2000

    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
mapsandtime6 hours ago

The dispatch log puts the first unit on scene before the call was logged. Either the timestamps drift or the report was filed twice.

19 agree
coldfile_ann4 days ago

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

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