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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Michael Dobbins

Year
1997
Where
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On November 9, 1997 Colorado Springs Police Department dispatch received a call regarding a man laying in the alley, possibly intoxicated. When officers arrived they found Michael Dobbins laying in t

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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