the_margins5 hours ago
The autopsy summary and the charging document disagree on time of death by roughly six hours.
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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Polk County, IA
The Rasmussen Homicide (1985)
Unsolved homicide from 1985 in Polk County, IA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the original canvass notes.
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Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
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- 1985
Body discovered near Kestrel Ridge; the county opens a homicide investigation.
- 1986
Initial canvass closes without a named suspect; the case goes inactive.
- 1996
A tip prompts a limited re-interview of two witnesses.
- Recently
Ledger contributors reopen the evidence inventory and index the public record.
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2 filedfieldnotes_9210 days 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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