ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Jackson County, MO

Unsolved: Ophelia Ossman (1998)

Ophelia Ossman was killed near Lincoln Underpass in Jackson County, MO in 1998. 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. 1998

    Passers-by discovered the victim near Lincoln Underpass shortly after dawn.

  2. 2001

    A witness recanted a key statement and the case stalled.

  3. 2018

    The file was reopened after a records request made the reports public.

  4. Recently

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

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quiet_docket4 months ago

A named person of interest appears in the canvass notes but in no later filing.

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