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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Harris County, TX

The Dowd Homicide (1984)

Unsolved homicide from 1984 in Harris County, TX. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Glass evidence vial glowing green on a dark laboratory bench
Timeline
  1. 1984

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

  2. 1985

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

  3. 2001

    Evidence is re-submitted for testing under a cold case grant.

  4. Recently

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

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2 filed
nightdesk6 hours ago

The evidence inventory lists a fibre sample that does not appear in any lab report. Where did it go?

237 agree
ballistics_note4 days ago

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

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