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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Pascual Mendez

Year
2003
Where
Denver, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On November 30, 2003, officers responded to the 1700 block of the Platte River on a report of a body in the river. Upon arrival, officers located 36 year old Pascual Mendez. After the recovery proces

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

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