ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Allegheny County, PA

The Hemsworth Homicide (1966)

Unsolved homicide from 1966 in Allegheny County, PA. 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
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1966

    Body discovered near Verdant Row; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1967

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

  3. 1975

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

  4. Recently

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

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fieldnotes_9210 days ago

The autopsy summary and the charging document disagree on time of death by roughly six hours.

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tidewater1 week ago

Newspaper coverage from the following month quotes a detail that never appears in any filing. Someone briefed a reporter.

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