ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Miami-Dade County, FL

The the boat launch Killing (1974)

Delia Rader was killed near the boat launch in Miami-Dade County, FL in 1974. The death was ruled a homicide caused by asphyxiation, 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. 1974

    Deputies responded to a call at the boat launch and found the victim already dead.

  2. 1975

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

  3. 2001

    A reward was posted and the tip line reopened.

  4. Recently

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

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second_canvass1 day ago

The evidence log shows an item checked out in 1994 and never checked back in.

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