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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Fayette County, KY

The Junip Creek Murders (1962)

Unsolved homicide from 1962 in Fayette County, KY. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Foggy harbor dock at night with shipping crates and a crane
Timeline
  1. 1962

    Body discovered near Junip Creek; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1963

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

  3. 1974

    Records are digitised and released under a public records request.

  4. Recently

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

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paper_trail3 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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quietmile1 day ago

The bus terminal manifest for that week survives in a transit archive. It has never been cross-checked against the suspect list.

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