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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Charles Smith

Year
1989
Where
Denver, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On May 15, 1989, 34 year old Charles Smith was found deceased due to blunt force trauma and hypothermia. His body was located near the 2300 block of Welton Street. Anyone with information regardi

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

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

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