ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Hartford County, CT

The Murder of Sylvia Ellery (1998)

Sylvia Ellery was killed near the county landfill in Hartford County, CT in 1998. The death was ruled a homicide caused by injuries consistent with an assault, 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
Timeline
  1. 1998

    The victim was last seen leaving the county landfill and was found two days later.

  2. 2002

    Evidence was re-submitted to the state lab; results were inconclusive.

  3. 2020

    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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