ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· San Diego County, CA

The Willow Run Murders (1980)

Unsolved homicide from 1980 in San Diego County, CA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Abandoned warehouse interior lit by a single shaft of light
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1980

    Body discovered near Willow Run; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1981

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

  3. 1997

    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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tidewater1 week ago

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

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dockethoundYesterday

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

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