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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Ronald Quintana

Year
1979
Where
Denver, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On the evening of March 6, 1979, 32 year old Ronald Leroy Quintana was shot and killed by unknown suspect(s) inside of an apartment complex located near the 1100 block of Acoma Street. Prior to his mu

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