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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Detrick Sturm

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

On February 14, 1985, 37 year old Cassandra Rundle and her two children, 12 year old Detrick Sturm and 10 year old Melanie Sturm, were located in their residence brutally murdered. On February 14,

From the Colorado Bureau of Investigation cold case file. Records change. The source is the authority.

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