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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Sedgwick County, KS

The Copper Flats Homicide (1987)

Unsolved homicide from 1987 in Sedgwick County, KS. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the original canvass notes.

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Timeline
  1. 1987

    Body discovered near Copper Flats; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1988

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

  3. 2003

    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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fern_and_ash4 days ago

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

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