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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Jose Diaz

Year
2001
Where
Aurora, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On November 14, 2001, police and fire responded to the intersection of East 16th Avenue and Newark Street on a report of a dead person in a vehicle. The victim, later identified as Jose Diaz, was foun

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

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