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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Milwaukee County, WI

The Dowd Homicide (1973)

Unsolved homicide from 1973 in Milwaukee County, WI. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Timeline
  1. 1973

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

  2. 1974

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

  3. 1982

    A tip prompts a limited re-interview of two witnesses.

  4. Recently

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

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gridwalker10 days ago

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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