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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Joyce Neil

Year
1969
Where
Golden, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

In April 1969, the body of 17 year old Joyce Neil was found off Golden Gate Park Road down an embankment. Neil had moved to Denver from Arizona, was working as a nurse's aide at Mercy Hospital and li

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

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