ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Kent County, RI

The Riverbend Road Killing (1968)

Unsolved homicide from 1968 in Kent County, RI. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Foggy harbor dock at night with shipping crates and a crane
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1968

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

  2. 1969

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

  3. 1970

    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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record_room1 day ago

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

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longshadow6 hours ago

The tip line transcripts were never indexed. Volunteers have digitised roughly a third and duplicate callers are already emerging.

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