longshadow2 weeks ago
The dispatch log puts the first unit on scene before the call was logged. Either the timestamps drift or the report was filed twice.
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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Jefferson County, AL
The Jessup Homicide (1979)
Unsolved homicide from 1979 in Jefferson County, AL. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.
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Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
- 1979
Body discovered near Larkspur; the county opens a homicide investigation.
- 1980
Initial canvass closes without a named suspect; the case goes inactive.
- 1997
A tip prompts a limited re-interview of two witnesses.
- Recently
Ledger contributors reopen the evidence inventory and index the public record.
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2 filedcoldfile_ann6 hours ago
The original canvass skipped the four houses on the far side of the tracks. Those residents were never formally interviewed.
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