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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Jefferson County, AL

The Blackthorn Murders (1984)

Unsolved homicide from 1984 in Jefferson County, AL. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the original canvass notes.

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

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

  2. 1985

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

  3. 1990

    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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fieldnotes_92Yesterday

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

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