fieldnotes_921 week ago
Two witness statements describe the same jacket but were taken eleven months apart by different detectives. Worth reconciling.
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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Kanawha County, WV
The Merritt Yard Road Killing (1967)
Unsolved homicide from 1967 in Kanawha County, WV. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the witness timeline.
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- 1967
Body discovered near Merritt Yard; the county opens a homicide investigation.
- 1968
Initial canvass closes without a named suspect; the case goes inactive.
- 1981
Records are digitised and released under a public records request.
- Recently
Ledger contributors reopen the evidence inventory and index the public record.
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2 filedgridwalker5 hours ago
Newspaper coverage from the following month quotes a detail that never appears in any filing. Someone briefed a reporter.
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