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Unidentified person, Gilpin County, Colorado (1952)

Year
1952
Where
Gilpin County, Colorado
Source
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Evidence
1
What the record says

On September 30, 1952, remains of an unidentified female were found in an unused gravel pit in the woods by a man who was on a hunting trip. The body was found under a log and was charred due to being

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

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