← The Ledger
ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Kent County, RI

The Unidentified Lakeshore Victim (1996)

Unsolved homicide from 1996 in Kent County, RI. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

What the public web says

Searching the public web for this case…

Loading priority…

Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Timeline
  1. 1996

    Body discovered near Lakeshore; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1997

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

  3. 2003

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

  4. Recently

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

Community leads
1 filed
the_index5 hours ago

The dispatch log puts the first unit on scene before the call was logged. Either the timestamps drift or the report was filed twice.

284 agree

Sign in to read the leads investigators have filed on this case.

Loading investigators…

Checking your membership…

Discussion

Comments from investigators

0 comments