ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Pierce County, WA

Who Killed Alvin Kettles? (1968)

Alvin Kettles was killed near the fairgrounds in Pierce County, WA in 1968. The death was ruled a homicide caused by gunshot 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. 1968

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

  2. 1970

    A grand jury heard testimony and returned no indictment.

  3. 1983

    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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