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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Shawn Patterson

Year
2005
Where
Denver, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On November 22, 2005, 24 year old Shawn Patterson was within a parking lot of a business located on the 1100 block of Syracuse Street when he became involved in a verbal altercation with other patrons

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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