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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Melvin Vigil

Year
1976
Where
Denver, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On August 17, 1976, 18 year old Melvin R. Vigil went to party at a house located near West 18th Avenue and Federal Boulevard. During that time a disturbance occurred and Mr. Vigil left the residen

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

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