ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Salt Lake County, UT

Who Killed Lorna Gaines? (1988)

Lorna Gaines was killed near the county landfill in Salt Lake County, UT in 1988. 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
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  1. 1988

    Passers-by discovered the victim near the county landfill shortly after dawn.

  2. 1991

    The initial canvass produced several persons of interest, but none were charged.

  3. 2014

    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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