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Unsolved homicide

Killing of James Albrecht

Year
2017
Where
Aurora, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

Officers were dispatched to a shooting in the parking lot of the Cambrian Apartments. The victim, Mr. James Albrecht, and his girlfriend were homeless and sleeping in the laundry building. He became i

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

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