# Killing of Dennis Sleater

Unsolved homicide · 1985 · Durango, Colorado

On December 5, 1985, around 2200 hours, an unknown suspect entered the Junction Creek Liquor Store in the 2300 Block of Main Avenue and killed the clerk, Dennis Sleater, by shooting him in the back.

Original record: https://apps.colorado.gov/apps/coldcase/casedetail.html?id=1145
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/killing-of-dennis-sleater-co1145

## On the record (quotes checked against the source text)

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## Timeline

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## Open questions

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## Unverified findings

None.


## Sources

1. Colorado Bureau of Investigation record, https://apps.colorado.gov/apps/coldcase/casedetail.html?id=1145


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