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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Julian Rodriguez-Lopez

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

On August 29, 2001 at 8:25 P.M., officers responded to the 1000 Block of Dayton Street on the report of a party lying in the alley, possibly shot. A crowd had formed around the victim and many indica

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

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