ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Erie County, NY

The Kestrel Homicide (1970)

Unsolved homicide from 1970 in Erie County, NY. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the tip line transcripts.

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Rows of paper case files in a dim records archive
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1970

    Body discovered near Cedar Hollow; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1971

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

  3. 1994

    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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openrecords1 day ago

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

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