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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Gilbert Mendoza

Year
1972
Where
Denver, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On February 4, 1972, 17 year old Gilbert Mendoza was found shot to death outside Beto's Cafe located on the 3600 block of Navajo Street. The business had been burglarized. Anyone with informatio

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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