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Unsolved homicide

Killing of James Chandler

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

34 year old James Chandler was a long time resident of Northeast Denver. On March 10, 1981, he went to Cook's Club on East 32nd Avenue and Downing Street. Shortly after he left, witnesses saw a brown

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?

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