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In the winter of 1984, a quiet cul-de-sac in Aurora, Colorado, became the scene of a horrific crime that would haunt the community for decades. Seven-year-old Melissa Marie Bennett, a young White girl just two days shy of her eighth birthday, was brutally murdered in her home. The night of January 15th, an intruder entered the Bennett family residence, unleashing a night of terror that would claim the lives of Melissa, her 27-year-old father, Bruce, and her 26-year-old mother, Debra.

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Victim Details

Melissa Marie Bennett

Female

White / Caucasian

Aurora

CO

1984-01-15

7

Melissa

Marie Bennett

12/13/2025