ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Franklin County, OH

The Sunset Motel Homicide (1977)

Alvin Eastland was killed near Sunset Motel in Franklin County, OH in 1977. The death was ruled a homicide caused by a single gunshot wound, 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. 1977

    A body was found at Sunset Motel; the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.

  2. 1980

    Evidence was re-submitted to the state lab; results were inconclusive.

  3. 1993

    Investigative genealogy work began on an unidentified profile.

  4. Recently

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

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