ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Chittenden County, VT

The Murder of Sylvia Rader (1966)

Sylvia Rader was killed near Hollow Road in Chittenden County, VT in 1966. The death was ruled a homicide caused by undetermined causes, 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. 1966

    Passers-by discovered the victim near Hollow Road shortly after dawn.

  2. 1970

    A witness recanted a key statement and the case stalled.

  3. 1974

    A reward was posted and the tip line reopened.

  4. Recently

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

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