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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Polk County, IA

The Longwater Road Killing (1998)

Unsolved homicide from 1998 in Polk County, IA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Timeline
  1. 1998

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

  2. 1999

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

  3. 2001

    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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record_room5 hours ago

A retired deputy's field notebook, released last year, names a person of interest absent from the official file.

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