ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Alameda County, CA
The Murder of Queenie Gaines (1983)
Queenie Gaines was killed near the old cannery in Alameda County, CA in 1983. The death was ruled a homicide caused by asphyxiation, no one has been charged, and the file is still open.
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- 1983
Deputies responded to a call at the old cannery and found the victim already dead.
- 1987
Detectives cleared the primary suspect after an alibi was confirmed.
- 2014
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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