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Unsolved homicide

Killing of David Tyler

Year
1985
Where
Durango, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On November 10, 1985, at 3:38pm, an officer was dispatched to the 1400 Block of Main Avenue at the Automatic Transmission Exchange where the deceased body of David Tyler was located in the back of a u

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?

  • Read the source and write down every date, place and name it gives.
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  • List what has never been explained. One line each.

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