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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Bernalillo County, NM

The Kingfisher Bay Murders (1963)

Unsolved homicide from 1963 in Bernalillo County, NM. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the original canvass notes.

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  1. 1963

    Body discovered near Kingfisher Bay; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1964

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

  3. 1983

    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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record_roomYesterday

The tip line transcripts were never indexed. Volunteers have digitised roughly a third and duplicate callers are already emerging.

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mapsandtime3 days ago

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

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