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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Amy Nelson

Year
2017
Where
New Straitsville, Perry County, Ohio
Source
Ohio Attorney General
Evidence
1
What the record says

Amy Nelson was killed in New Straitsville, Perry County, Ohio, on September 18, 2017. The Ohio Attorney General lists this as an unsolved homicide, case number 3253.

From the Ohio Attorney General’s unsolved homicide database. Records change. The source is the authority.

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What does the record establish, and what has never been explained?

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