ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Wayne County, MI

The Hollow Road Killing (1978)

Lonnie Pruitt was killed near Hollow Road in Wayne County, MI in 1978. 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. 1978

    Deputies responded to a call at Hollow Road and found the victim already dead.

  2. 1982

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

  3. 1996

    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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paper_trail_pat2 weeks ago

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

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