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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Joseph McGee

Year
1996
Where
Denver, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On June 5, 1996, officers responded to the 1400 block of Xavier Street on a report of a man down. Upon arrival, officers found 36 year old Joseph McGee suffering from a blunt force trauma injury. The

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

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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.
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  • List what has never been explained. One line each.

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