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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Jefferson County, AL

The Sandoval Homicide (1969)

Unsolved homicide from 1969 in Jefferson County, AL. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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  1. 1969

    Body discovered near Bristol Row; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1970

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

  3. 1979

    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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coldfile_ann3 days ago

A retired deputy's field notebook, released last year, names a person of interest absent from the official file.

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fieldnotes_922 weeks ago

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

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