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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Jose Garcia

Year
1990
Where
Golden, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On October 28, 1990, the body of Jose San Juan Garcia was found on the south side of Interstate 70 at mile marker 249. Jose had received multiple gunshot wounds. Jose was a Mexican national who was wo

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?

  • Read the source and write down every date, place and name it gives.
  • Find the earliest news report you can and note what it says that later accounts dropped.
  • List what has never been explained. One line each.

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