ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Orleans Parish, LA

The Unidentified Verdant Row Victim (1984)

Unsolved homicide from 1984 in Orleans Parish, LA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Foggy harbor dock at night with shipping crates and a crane
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1984

    Body discovered near Verdant Row; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1985

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

  3. 1993

    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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mapsandtime5 hours ago

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

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coldfile_ann3 days ago

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

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