# Killing of Melvin Smith

Unsolved homicide · 1987 · Aurora, Colorado

On October 27, 1987, at approximately 7:10pm, Melvin Smith, an evangelist preacher from St. Louis, Missouri, exited the south side of the Holiday Inn located at 15500 East 40th Avenue. Mr. Smith was

Original record: https://apps.colorado.gov/apps/coldcase/casedetail.html?id=226
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/killing-of-melvin-smith-co226

## On the record (quotes checked against the source text)

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## Timeline

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## Open questions

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## Unverified findings

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## Sources

1. Colorado Bureau of Investigation record, https://apps.colorado.gov/apps/coldcase/casedetail.html?id=226


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