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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Sheila Sawyer

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

Sheila Sawyer was found dead on U.S. Highway 13, seven miles south of Craig. Her body, discovered by two truck drivers at dawn April 10, 1975, was lying on the east side of the highway near the old St

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

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