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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Honolulu County, HI

The Winterset Murders (1971)

Unsolved homicide from 1971 in Honolulu County, HI. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Timeline
  1. 1971

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

  2. 1972

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

  3. 1973

    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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2 filed
mapsandtime3 days ago

Newspaper coverage from the following month quotes a detail that never appears in any filing. Someone briefed a reporter.

222 agree
archive_moth4 days 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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