ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Polk County, IA

The Merritt Yard Homicide (2006)

Unsolved homicide from 2006 in Polk County, IA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the witness timeline.

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Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 2006

    Body discovered near Merritt Yard; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 2007

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

  3. 2022

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

  4. Recently

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

Community leads
2 filed
longshadow1 day ago

The bus terminal manifest for that week survives in a transit archive. It has never been cross-checked against the suspect list.

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mapsandtime1 day ago

The dispatch log puts the first unit on scene before the call was logged. Either the timestamps drift or the report was filed twice.

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