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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Rosa Arguello

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

The body of Rosa Arguello was found on October 17, 2003 in a field near the 12000 block of Quebec Street with 12 stab wounds. At the time, she lived in Thornton, Colorado with her children. She had s

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