mapsandtime10 days ago
A retired deputy's field notebook, released last year, names a person of interest absent from the official file.
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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Allegheny County, PA
The Orchard Grove Homicide (1976)
Unsolved homicide from 1976 in Allegheny County, PA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.
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Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
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- 1976
Body discovered near Orchard Grove; the county opens a homicide investigation.
- 1977
Initial canvass closes without a named suspect; the case goes inactive.
- 1987
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 filedrecord_room3 days ago
Latent prints from the scene predate the national database. Nobody has requested a modern comparison.
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