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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Florence Wilson

Year
1980
Where
Denver, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On the morning of August 24, 1980, 87 year old Florence Wilson was alone in her Capital Hill home when she was confronted by an unknown suspect who knocked on her door. The suspect pushed Mrs. Wilson

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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