ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Hamilton County, OH

The Thistledown Road Killing (1966)

Unsolved homicide from 1966 in Hamilton County, OH. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the original canvass notes.

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Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1966

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

  2. 1967

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

  3. 1975

    Records are digitised and released under a public records request.

  4. Recently

    Ledger contributors reopen the evidence inventory and index the public record.

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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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openrecordsYesterday

A retired deputy's field notebook, released last year, names a person of interest absent from the official file.

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