ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Clark County, NV

The Merritt Yard Murders (1976)

Unsolved homicide from 1976 in Clark County, NV. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1976

    Body discovered near Merritt Yard; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1977

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

  3. 1978

    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_room3 days ago

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

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