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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Julie Marchese

Year
1980
Where
Denver, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On the morning of December 14, 1980, members of the Denver Police Department were alerted to a body floating in the drainage ditch near the Pepsi-Cola Company, located near the intersection of 38th Av

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.
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  • List what has never been explained. One line each.

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