ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Orleans Parish, LA

The Unidentified Kestrel Ridge Victim (1983)

Unsolved homicide from 1983 in Orleans Parish, LA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the witness timeline.

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Glass evidence vial glowing green on a dark laboratory bench
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1983

    Body discovered near Kestrel Ridge; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1984

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

  3. 2006

    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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fieldnotes_924 days ago

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

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