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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Fayette County, KY

The Silver Fork Murders (1979)

Unsolved homicide from 1979 in Fayette County, KY. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the original canvass notes.

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Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Timeline
  1. 1979

    Body discovered near Silver Fork; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1980

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

  3. 1989

    A tip prompts a limited re-interview of two witnesses.

  4. Recently

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

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lamplight2 days ago

Nobody ever pulled the impound log for the second vehicle named in the neighbour's statement. It is a public record and still available.

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