Murder: Imputed to the Nearest City when the Murderer Was Unknown
Source: TTT
Deuteronomy 21:1–3
If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him, / your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities. / Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,