ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Yellowstone County, MT
Unsolved: Lester Rader (1965)
Lester Rader was killed near the riverbank in Yellowstone County, MT in 1965. 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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- 1965
A body was found at the riverbank; the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.
- 1969
The initial canvass produced several persons of interest, but none were charged.
- 1993
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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