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Unsolved homicide

Killing of John Heerey

Year
1986
Where
Denver, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
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What the record says

On July 26, 1986, 71 year old John Heerey struggled with a party who was trying to rob him inside his home located on the 800 block of South Sheridan Blvd. During the struggle he died of a heart attac

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

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