ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Sedgwick County, KS

The Unidentified Nettle Field Victim (1969)

Unsolved homicide from 1969 in Sedgwick County, KS. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Abandoned warehouse interior lit by a single shaft of light
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1969

    Body discovered near Nettle Field; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1970

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

  3. 1986

    A retired detective releases his field notes to the family.

  4. Recently

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

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fieldnotes_926 hours ago

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

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fieldnotes_92Yesterday

The tip line transcripts were never indexed. Volunteers have digitised roughly a third and duplicate callers are already emerging.

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