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Unsolved homicide

Killing of David McLaughlin

Year
1982
Where
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On December 23, 1982 at approximately 11:45pm, a witness observed two vehicles stopped at the traffic light at the intersection of South Circle Drive and Fountain Boulevard. It appeared to the witness

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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