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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Pima County, AZ

The Okafor Homicide (1970)

Unsolved homicide from 1970 in Pima County, AZ. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Glass evidence vial glowing green on a dark laboratory bench
Timeline
  1. 1970

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

  2. 1971

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

  3. 1972

    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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2 filed
record_room10 days ago

Two witness statements describe the same jacket but were taken eleven months apart by different detectives. Worth reconciling.

41 agree
gridwalker10 days ago

The autopsy summary and the charging document disagree on time of death by roughly six hours.

196 agree

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