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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Allegheny County, PA

The Unidentified Verdant Row Victim (1972)

Unsolved homicide from 1972 in Allegheny County, PA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the original canvass notes.

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  1. 1972

    Body discovered near Verdant Row; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1973

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

  3. 1974

    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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lamplightYesterday

County weather records contradict the stated ground conditions in the scene report. That changes the tyre impression reading.

179 agree
quietmile5 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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