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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Stephanie Chavez

Year
1994
Where
Pueblo, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

15-year-old Stephanie Chavez was murdered in Pueblo, Colorado on April 24th, 1994. At around 12:45am on that Saturday, Stephanie was in a vehicle with several other passengers, mostly female. The car,

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

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