ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Providence County, RI

Unsolved: Ida Stapleton (2009)

Ida Stapleton was killed near the trailhead in Providence County, RI in 2009. 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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Rows of old filing cabinets in a dim municipal archive room
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
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  1. 2009

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

  2. 2013

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

  3. 2025

    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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