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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Deborah Reid

Year
1997
Where
Las Animas, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On August 4, 1997, 34 year old Deborah Reid was reported missing by her sister and ex-husband. Mrs. Reid's body was found on August 14, 1997. The date of death is not exact due to severe decomposition

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

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