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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Hinds County, MS

The Sable Creek Road Killing (1987)

Unsolved homicide from 1987 in Hinds County, MS. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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  1. 1987

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

  2. 1988

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

  3. 2003

    A retired detective releases his field notes to the family.

  4. Recently

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

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fern_and_ash2 weeks ago

Latent prints from the scene predate the national database. Nobody has requested a modern comparison.

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coldfile_ann2 weeks 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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