ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Accomack County, VA

The Fairbanks Homicide (1983)

Unsolved homicide from 1983 in Accomack County, VA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the original canvass notes.

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Steel bridge over dark water under a grey sky
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1983

    Body discovered near Kestrel Ridge; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1984

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

  3. 1991

    A retired detective releases his field notes to the family.

  4. Recently

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

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openrecords1 day ago

County weather records contradict the stated ground conditions in the scene report. That changes the tyre impression reading.

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carbon_copy4 days ago

The tip line transcripts were never indexed. Volunteers have digitised roughly a third and duplicate callers are already emerging.

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