ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Sedgwick County, KS

The Unidentified Marsh End Victim (1977)

Unsolved homicide from 1977 in Sedgwick County, KS. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the original canvass notes.

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Foggy harbor dock at night with shipping crates and a crane
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1977

    Body discovered near Marsh End; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1978

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

  3. 1983

    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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nightdesk3 days ago

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

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dockethound3 days ago

The original canvass skipped the four houses on the far side of the tracks. Those residents were never formally interviewed.

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