ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Hinds County, MS

The Copper Flats Road Killing (1996)

Unsolved homicide from 1996 in Hinds County, MS. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Steel bridge over dark water under a grey sky
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1996

    Body discovered near Copper Flats; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1997

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

  3. 2020

    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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gridwalker1 day ago

The bus terminal manifest for that week survives in a transit archive. It has never been cross-checked against the suspect list.

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