ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Milwaukee County, WI

The Inlet Road Homicide (1970)

Unsolved homicide from 1970 in Milwaukee County, WI. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1970

    Body discovered near Inlet Road; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1971

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

  3. 1972

    Evidence is re-submitted for testing under a cold case grant.

  4. Recently

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

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mapsandtime2 days ago

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

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archive_moth2 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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