mapsandtime3 days ago
A retired deputy's field notebook, released last year, names a person of interest absent from the official file.
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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Alameda County, CA
The Jarrell Homicide (1977)
Unsolved homicide from 1977 in Alameda County, CA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.
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Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
- 1977
Body discovered near Sable Creek; the county opens a homicide investigation.
- 1978
Initial canvass closes without a named suspect; the case goes inactive.
- 1985
Evidence is re-submitted for testing under a cold case grant.
- Recently
Ledger contributors reopen the evidence inventory and index the public record.
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2 filedthe_margins10 days ago
Latent prints from the scene predate the national database. Nobody has requested a modern comparison.
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