Senate staffer’s death remains a mystery

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Raymond Nels Nelson was found slain in his Northeast Washington apartment on June 1, 1981, the victim of severe blows to the head that might have been caused by a nearby typewriter.

Nearly three decades later, his killer hasn’t been caught.

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