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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Gary Johnson

Year
1990
Where
Centennial, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On November 8, 1990 at approximately 4:30pm, a citizen found the body of an unidentified white male in an Arapahoe County field, later identified as real estate businessman Gary Donald Johnson. The vi

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?

  • Read the source and write down every date, place and name it gives.
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  • List what has never been explained. One line each.

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