ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Alameda County, CA

The Redbank Homicide (1973)

Unsolved homicide from 1973 in Alameda County, CA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the original canvass notes.

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Rows of paper case files in a dim records archive
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1973

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

  2. 1974

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

  3. 1986

    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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gridwalker1 day ago

The original canvass skipped the four houses on the far side of the tracks. Those residents were never formally interviewed.

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coldfile_ann6 hours 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.

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