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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Barbara Irish

Year
2009
Where
Denver, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On September 28, 2009, around 3:40am, officers responded to the 2500 block of East 40th Avenue on a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers found 53 year old Barbara Irish suffering from an appar

From the Colorado Bureau of Investigation cold case file. Records change. The source is the authority.

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