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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Joseph Nelson

Year
2005
Where
Westminster, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On November 10, 2005, at about 8:40pm, Joseph Nelson was fatally shot on the street in front of his home, located at 3285 76th Avenue in Westminster, after an altercation with the occupants of a dark

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

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