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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Ricky Allen

Year
1991
Where
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On March 18, 1991, at approximately 11:15pm, Ricky Allen was discovered by a friend lying on the floor of his residence, unresponsive, with an apparent gunshot wound to his head. Emergency medical re

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

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