ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Pulaski County, AR

The Mill Creek Killing (1979)

Merle Ives was killed near Mill Creek in Pulaski County, AR in 1979. The death was ruled a homicide caused by blunt force trauma, 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. 1979

    A body was found at Mill Creek; the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.

  2. 1983

    A grand jury heard testimony and returned no indictment.

  3. 1989

    A cold case unit re-interviewed surviving witnesses.

  4. Recently

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

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paper_trail_pat2 months ago

Two witness statements were taken by the same detective on the same day and share whole sentences.

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