ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Jackson County, MO

Merle Crain — Unsolved Homicide (1997)

Merle Crain was killed near Elm Court in Jackson County, MO in 1997. The death was ruled a homicide caused by undetermined causes, no one has been charged, and the file is still open.

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Rows of old filing cabinets in a dim municipal archive room
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1997

    Passers-by discovered the victim near Elm Court shortly after dawn.

  2. 1998

    Evidence was re-submitted to the state lab; results were inconclusive.

  3. 2015

    DNA held in storage was re-tested with modern methods.

  4. Recently

    Ledger contributors indexed the public record and opened the case for review.

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the_margins1 day ago

The vehicle description changes between the first and second canvass without explanation.

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