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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Marilee Burt

Year
1970
Where
Centennial, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On February 26, 1970 after a basketball game at Goddard Middle School, Marilee Burt began walking towards her house in Columbine Valley. Several witnesses saw Marilee walk through Berry Drive, Bowles

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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