ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Minnehaha County, SD
The the trailhead Killing (1985)
Otis Ackley was killed near the trailhead in Minnehaha County, SD in 1985. 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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Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
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- 1985
Passers-by discovered the victim near the trailhead shortly after dawn.
- 1989
The file was moved to inactive status when leads ran out.
- 2014
A cold case unit re-interviewed surviving witnesses.
- Recently
Ledger contributors indexed the public record and opened the case for review.
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