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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Multnomah County, OR

The Lachlan Homicide (1972)

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

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

    Body discovered near Sable Creek; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1973

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

  3. 1980

    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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dockethound3 days ago

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

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