carbon_copy10 days ago
Latent prints from the scene predate the national database. Nobody has requested a modern comparison.
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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Polk County, IA
The Pemberton Homicide (1971)
Unsolved homicide from 1971 in Polk County, IA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the tip line transcripts.
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- 1971
Body discovered near Deerfoot; the county opens a homicide investigation.
- 1972
Initial canvass closes without a named suspect; the case goes inactive.
- 1983
A retired detective releases his field notes to the family.
- Recently
Ledger contributors reopen the evidence inventory and index the public record.
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2 filedballistics_note1 week 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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