ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Polk County, IA

The Radcliffe Homicide (1972)

Unsolved homicide from 1972 in Polk County, IA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the original canvass notes.

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Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Timeline
  1. 1972

    Body discovered near Granite Hill; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1973

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

  3. 1977

    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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paper_trail4 days ago

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

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the_indexYesterday

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

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