ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Kanawha County, WV

The Unidentified Thistledown Victim (2003)

Unsolved homicide from 2003 in Kanawha County, WV. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 2003

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

  2. 2004

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

  3. 2005

    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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record_room6 hours ago

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

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