ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Dallas County, TX

The Mill Creek Killing (2002)

Purcell Pruitt was killed near Mill Creek in Dallas County, TX in 2002. 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. 2002

    Passers-by discovered the victim near Mill Creek shortly after dawn.

  2. 2006

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

  3. 2019

    DNA held in storage was re-tested with modern methods.

  4. Recently

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

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