ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Richland County, SC

The Vale Crossing Road Killing (1974)

Unsolved homicide from 1974 in Richland County, SC. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the tip line transcripts.

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Steel bridge over dark water under a grey sky
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1974

    Body discovered near Vale Crossing; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1975

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

  3. 1997

    Evidence is re-submitted for testing under a cold case grant.

  4. Recently

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

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the_index6 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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