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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Marion County, IN

The Vale Crossing Murders (1972)

Unsolved homicide from 1972 in Marion County, IN. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the tip line transcripts.

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Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Timeline
  1. 1972

    Body discovered near Vale Crossing; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1973

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

  3. 1994

    Records are digitised and released under a public records request.

  4. Recently

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

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gridwalkerYesterday

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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tidewater5 hours ago

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

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