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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Anchorage Borough, AK

The Copper Flats Murders (1974)

Unsolved homicide from 1974 in Anchorage Borough, AK. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the witness timeline.

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Empty residential street at night under a streetlamp
Timeline
  1. 1974

    Body discovered near Copper Flats; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1975

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

  3. 1986

    Records are digitised and released under a public records request.

  4. Recently

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

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openrecordsYesterday

Nobody ever pulled the impound log for the second vehicle named in the neighbour's statement. It is a public record and still available.

190 agree
paper_trailYesterday

Two witness statements describe the same jacket but were taken eleven months apart by different detectives. Worth reconciling.

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