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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Michael Martinez

Year
1998
Where
Centennial, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On September 7, 1988, Michael Martinez and his friend Alex Pogosyan terrorized an Aurora neighborhood when they both shot five people in cold blood. Authorities were still on an aggressive manhunt fo

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

Where to start

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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.
  • Find the earliest news report you can and note what it says that later accounts dropped.
  • List what has never been explained. One line each.

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