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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Tyson Long

Year
2011
Where
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

Tyson Long was found deceased at the American Motel in Wheat Ridge, Colorado on March 31, 2011. Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to please contact the Wheat Ridge Police Departm

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?

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