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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Eugene Reed

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

Mr. Reed lived alone at his Hilltop neighborhood home. Mr Reed's housekeeper arrived the morning of May 30, 1997 and discovered Mr. Reed unresponsive inside of his residence. Emergency medical perso

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

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