ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Caddo Parish, LA

The Sunset Motel Homicide (1981)

Hazel Lanier was killed near Sunset Motel in Caddo Parish, LA in 1981. The death was ruled a homicide caused by injuries consistent with an assault, 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. 1981

    The victim was last seen leaving Sunset Motel and was found two days later.

  2. 1982

    Detectives cleared the primary suspect after an alibi was confirmed.

  3. 2001

    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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