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Unsolved homicide

Killing of John Salsbury

Year
1983
Where
Denver, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On August 21, 1983, 62 year old John Salsbury and some of his friends were drinking in the alley located near the intersection of West 8th Avenue and Sante Fe Drive when they were confronted by a grou

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

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