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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Robert Peterson

Year
1975
Where
Denver, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On the morning of March 8, 1975, 26 year old Robert Peterson was working at the U-Totem convenience store located near the intersection of West 1st Avenue and Federal Boulevard. It was during this ti

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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