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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Armando Mata-Magallanes

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

On July 8, 2011, Armando called his roommate and later his girlfriend asking them to sell his truck for money. An unknown man was holding Armando as ransom. When the man did not get paid, Armando was

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