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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Henry Atwood

Year
1981
Where
Denver, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On the afternoon of July 19th, 1981, a friend went to Mr. Atwood's Capital Hill apartment to return an item he had borrowed the previous day. When 64 year old Mr. Atwood did not answer the door, the f

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

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