ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Accomack County, VA

The Unidentified Redbank Victim (1984)

Unsolved homicide from 1984 in Accomack County, VA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Foggy harbor dock at night with shipping crates and a crane
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1984

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

  2. 1985

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

  3. 2002

    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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openrecords10 days 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.

280 agree
openrecords10 days ago

County weather records contradict the stated ground conditions in the scene report. That changes the tyre impression reading.

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