gridwalker1 day ago
Latent prints from the scene predate the national database. Nobody has requested a modern comparison.
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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Allegheny County, PA
The Xavier Homicide (1965)
Unsolved homicide from 1965 in Allegheny County, PA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.
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Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
- 1965
Body discovered near Blackthorn; the county opens a homicide investigation.
- 1966
Initial canvass closes without a named suspect; the case goes inactive.
- 1981
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 filedtidewater6 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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