ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Kent County, RI

The Unidentified Tanner's Point Victim (1975)

Unsolved homicide from 1975 in Kent County, RI. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Steel bridge over dark water under a grey sky
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1975

    Body discovered near Tanner's Point; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1976

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

  3. 1983

    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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the_index1 week ago

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

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quietmile2 weeks 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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