night_clerk1 week ago
A named person of interest appears in the canvass notes but in no later filing.
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ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Mecklenburg County, NC
The the levee Homicide (1996)
Lonnie Cardwell was killed near the levee in Mecklenburg County, NC in 1996. The death was ruled a homicide caused by stab wounds, no one has been charged, and the file is still open.
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Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
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- 1996
Passers-by discovered the victim near the levee shortly after dawn.
- 1999
The initial canvass produced several persons of interest, but none were charged.
- 2022
A cold case unit re-interviewed surviving witnesses.
- Recently
Ledger contributors indexed the public record and opened the case for review.
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