Vermilion logo
Vermilion
Public Case Ledger
← The Ledger
ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Norfolk City, VA

The Nettle Field Homicide (1969)

Unsolved homicide from 1969 in Norfolk City, VA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

What the public web says

Searching the public web for this case…

Loading priority…

Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Timeline
  1. 1969

    Body discovered near Nettle Field; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1970

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

  3. 1975

    Evidence is re-submitted for testing under a cold case grant.

  4. Recently

    Ledger contributors reopen the evidence inventory and index the public record.

Community leads
1 filed
nightdesk10 days ago

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

274 agree

Sign in to read the leads investigators have filed on this case.

Loading investigators…

Checking your membership…

Discussion

Comments from investigators

0 comments