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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Nancy Mason

Year
2004
Where
Salida, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On Memorial Weekend 2004, Nancy Mason was killed after falling into Colorado's Chalk Creek while on a fishing trip with her new husband and a family friend. After the fall, her husband, Dan, called 91

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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