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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Hinds County, MS

The Copper Flats Road Killing (1987)

Unsolved homicide from 1987 in Hinds County, MS. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the original canvass notes.

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  1. 1987

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

  2. 1988

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

  3. 1996

    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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2 filed
coldfile_ann1 day ago

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

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ballistics_note10 days ago

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

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