ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Hamilton County, OH

The Unidentified Blackthorn Victim (1979)

Unsolved homicide from 1979 in Hamilton County, OH. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Empty residential street at night under a streetlamp
Timeline
  1. 1979

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

  2. 1980

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

  3. 1985

    A tip prompts a limited re-interview of two witnesses.

  4. Recently

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

Community leads
2 filed
record_roomYesterday

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

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carbon_copy3 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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