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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Charles Ray Culbreth

Year
2000
Where
Aurora, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
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What the record says

On October 29, 2000 officers responded to 1544 Beeler Street on a report of shots fired. Officers discovered the body of Charles Ray Culbreth in the street deceased. It was determined that he died o

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