ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Philadelphia County, PA

The Murder of Estelle Barlow (1971)

Estelle Barlow was killed near the levee in Philadelphia County, PA in 1971. The death was ruled a homicide caused by a single gunshot wound, 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. 1971

    Passers-by discovered the victim near the levee shortly after dawn.

  2. 1974

    A grand jury heard testimony and returned no indictment.

  3. 2002

    The family filed a public records suit and obtained the case binder.

  4. Recently

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

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cold_room1 week ago

The tip line log has a gap of eleven days with no entries at all.

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