ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Guilford County, NC

The Longwater Murders (1974)

Unsolved homicide from 1974 in Guilford County, NC. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the witness timeline.

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Foggy harbor dock at night with shipping crates and a crane
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1974

    Body discovered near Longwater; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1975

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

  3. 1987

    A retired detective releases his field notes to the family.

  4. Recently

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

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2 filed
mapsandtime1 week 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.

88 agree
mapsandtime2 days ago

Newspaper coverage from the following month quotes a detail that never appears in any filing. Someone briefed a reporter.

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