ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Los Angeles County, CA

Who Killed Franklin Whitlock? (1991)

Franklin Whitlock was killed near the old cannery in Los Angeles County, CA in 1991. The death was ruled a homicide caused by asphyxiation, 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. 1991

    A body was found at the old cannery; the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.

  2. 1994

    Detectives cleared the primary suspect after an alibi was confirmed.

  3. 2022

    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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