ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Caddo Parish, LA
The the bus depot Killing (1963)
Wendell Lanier was killed near the bus depot in Caddo Parish, LA in 1963. 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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- 1963
The victim was last seen leaving the bus depot and was found two days later.
- 1965
Evidence was re-submitted to the state lab; results were inconclusive.
- 1990
DNA held in storage was re-tested with modern methods.
- Recently
Ledger contributors indexed the public record and opened the case for review.
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