ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Hinds County, MS

The Merritt Yard Road Killing (2005)

Unsolved homicide from 2005 in Hinds County, MS. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Steel bridge over dark water under a grey sky
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 2005

    Body discovered near Merritt Yard; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 2006

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

  3. 2007

    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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archive_mothYesterday

Latent prints from the scene predate the national database. Nobody has requested a modern comparison.

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openrecords10 days ago

Nobody ever pulled the impound log for the second vehicle named in the neighbour's statement. It is a public record and still available.

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