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Unsolved homicide

Killing of James Smith

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

Members of the Denver Police Department responded to the area of W. 47th Avenue and Bryant Street on a report of a deceased male within the alley. Upon arrival, officers located an adult male vic

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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