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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Bexar County, TX

The Unidentified Blackthorn Victim (1982)

Unsolved homicide from 1982 in Bexar County, TX. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the tip line transcripts.

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Steel bridge over dark water under a grey sky
Timeline
  1. 1982

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

  2. 1983

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

  3. 1984

    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
tidewater1 week ago

The original canvass skipped the four houses on the far side of the tracks. Those residents were never formally interviewed.

184 agree
gridwalker3 days ago

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

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