ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Hartford County, CT

Unsolved: Lonnie Rader (2007)

Lonnie Rader was killed near the old cannery in Hartford County, CT in 2007. The death was ruled a homicide caused by stab wounds, 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. 2007

    Deputies responded to a call at the old cannery and found the victim already dead.

  2. 2011

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

  3. 2025

    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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