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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Ada County, ID

The Deerfoot Murders (1989)

Unsolved homicide from 1989 in Ada County, ID. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Timeline
  1. 1989

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

  2. 1990

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

  3. 2005

    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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2 filed
coldfile_ann5 hours ago

Newspaper coverage from the following month quotes a detail that never appears in any filing. Someone briefed a reporter.

241 agree
the_index6 hours ago

A retired deputy's field notebook, released last year, names a person of interest absent from the official file.

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