Do you know who murdered Tracy Jackson? In the early morning hours of Sunday, May 21, 1989, the quiet of a Las Vegas street was broken by a grim discovery. At approximately 4:30 a.m., patrol officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department were dispatched to the 1000 block of S. Commerce St. following a report of a suspicious situation. There, they were met by the individual who had placed the call, who directed them to the body of a Caucasian/White female who had suffered from multiple blunt force trauma injuries and was
clearly deceased. The victim was 25-year-old Tracy Jackson.
By 7:45 a.m., a Deputy Coroner Investigator officially pronounced her dead at the scene, and the LVMPD Homicide Section began the arduous task of unraveling the events that led to her violent end. The following day, on Monday, May 22, 1989, the Clark County Office of the Coroner was able to positively identify the young woman as Tracy Jackson, who was also known by the names Tracy Freel and Tracy Kolias, through her fingerprints. A complete autopsy confirmed the initial observations, with the Chief Medical Examiner officially ruling her death a homicide.
Despite the efforts of the LVMPD Homicide Section, the investigation into Tracy Jackson's murder eventually stalled. Detectives pursued all available leads until they were exhausted, leaving them with no new information to follow. To this day, the murder of Tracy Jackson remains an unresolved case, a cold file in the archives of the Las Vegas police. There have been no arrests made in connection with her death, and there are no known suspects. The question of who was responsible for the brutal end to a young woman's life in the spring of 1989 remains unanswered.
