ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Kanawha County, WV

The Unidentified Saltmarsh Victim (1989)

Unsolved homicide from 1989 in Kanawha County, WV. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the physical evidence inventory.

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Empty rural field at dusk with a faded dirt road
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1989

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

  2. 1990

    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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carbon_copy3 days ago

The evidence inventory lists a fibre sample that does not appear in any lab report. Where did it go?

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