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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Michael Taft

Year
2006
Where
Greenwood Village, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

31 year old Michael Taft was enjoying a summer barbecue at an upscale apartment complex in Greenwood Village, when he had an argument with his girlfriend. Friends said he left on foot at about 1am on

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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