ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Yakima County, WA

The Ravensworth Homicide (1965)

Unsolved homicide from 1965 in Yakima County, WA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the tip line transcripts.

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Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1965

    Body discovered near Inlet Road; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1966

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

  3. 1983

    A tip prompts a limited re-interview of two witnesses.

  4. Recently

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

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paper_trail3 days ago

Newspaper coverage from the following month quotes a detail that never appears in any filing. Someone briefed a reporter.

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ballistics_note1 week ago

The original canvass skipped the four houses on the far side of the tracks. Those residents were never formally interviewed.

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