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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Brenda Pierce

Year
1973
Where
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On August 30, 1973, 21 year old Brenda Pierce was the victim of a stabbing in the 200 block of South Prospect Street. Brenda Pierce was a known prostitute. The reporting party heard Ms. Pierce scream

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

Where to start

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What does the record establish, and what has never been explained?

  • Read the source and write down every date, place and name it gives.
  • Find the earliest news report you can and note what it says that later accounts dropped.
  • List what has never been explained. One line each.

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