ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Hinds County, MS

The Grantham Road Killing (1983)

Unsolved homicide from 1983 in Hinds County, MS. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Glass evidence vial glowing green on a dark laboratory bench
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1983

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

  2. 1984

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

  3. 1991

    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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ballistics_note1 week 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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mapsandtime10 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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