ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Kanawha County, WV

The Ember Lane Murders (1997)

Unsolved homicide from 1997 in Kanawha County, WV. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the original canvass notes.

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Empty residential street at night under a streetlamp
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1997

    Body discovered near Ember Lane; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1998

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

  3. 2000

    A tip prompts a limited re-interview of two witnesses.

  4. Recently

    Ledger contributors reopen the evidence inventory and index the public record.

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tidewater6 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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