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The Iron County Sheriff's Office hasn't given up on Cammi Denee Miller's homicide case.
More than nine months have passed since the woman's body was found near an old county motocross track about two miles south of Cedar City, near Tipple Road, but her killer remains unknown.
Miller, 33, was homeless and had not been seen for about two months prior to the discovery of her body on May 9.
Detectives have interviewed scores of people, but as rumor and speculation spread, it hampered the investigation and has made credible information hard to come by. Interviewees would tell someone that "your picture was shown in the interview, or this was mentioned," said sheriff's Detective David Mitchell.
A lot of people also knew the longtime Iron County resident, and "came to their own conclusions about what led to her demise," the detective added.
"Modern technology in law enforcement has been a huge asset to help us solve crimes, like with DNA, fingerprint analysis," Mitchell said. "But in this case, it hurt us… People knew we were coming to interview them before we got there."
He likened the effect to trying to pass along a story in a circle of people: by the end of the line, the story sounds much different. It's human nature that people talk; but so far, they have interviewed about 50 people, and heard a lot of different stories, Mitchell said.
Even after offering a $5,000 reward in late June for good information, not much progress came of it. Detectives worked every lead that came in, but none has brought Miller's killer to justice.
They have even gone as far as to consult retired homicide detectives.
"They've given us their blessing that we've done everything we can do, that they wouldn't have done it differently," Mitchell said.
Still, the sheriff's office has not closed the case. They plan to re-examine all of the evidence again, to see if they missed anything, Mitchell said.
The sheriff's office is keeping Miller's cause of death close to the vest, so as not to hurt the integrity of the investigation. As soon as someone comes forward, detectives have enough evidence that they will "know immediately" if they have their suspect, Mitchell said.
Someone out there was involved or knows what happened, and the detective implores the public to come forward.
"It's really going to boil down to the public [in this case]," Mitchell said.
Anyone with information may call the Iron County Sheriff's Office at 435-867-7500 or the tipline at 435-867-5878. Tips also can be made by text message at 274637; type "ICSOTIPS" at the beginning of the message.
Miller will be missed dearly, her obituary in the Iron County Today, a local weekly newspaper, reads.
The mother of two loved music, writing poems, camping, taking trips to Mexico and fishing. She also "had a good heart and would do anything for you," the obituary adds. "We will miss that beautiful smile and laugh and she will always be in our hearts."
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