ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Allegheny County, PA

The Waverly Homicide (1970)

Unsolved homicide from 1970 in Allegheny County, PA. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the tip line transcripts.

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Rows of paper case files in a dim records archive
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1970

    Body discovered near Riverbend; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 1971

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

  3. 1977

    A retired detective releases his field notes to the family.

  4. Recently

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

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lamplight1 day ago

Two witness statements describe the same jacket but were taken eleven months apart by different detectives. Worth reconciling.

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nightdesk4 days ago

The autopsy summary and the charging document disagree on time of death by roughly six hours.

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