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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Multnomah County, OR

The Blackthorn Homicide (1983)

Unsolved homicide from 1983 in Multnomah County, OR. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Timeline
  1. 1983

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

  2. 1984

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

  3. 1994

    A retired detective releases his field notes to the family.

  4. Recently

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

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secondpass2 days ago

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

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longshadowYesterday

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

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