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Melquiades Medrano-Velasquez

Death by Force
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On a warm summer evening in Rifle, Colorado, the night of July 3, 2001, turned into a scene of terror and tragedy. Melquiades Medrano-Velasquez, a 23-year-old Hispanic male, was senselessly killed in a violent rampage that claimed the lives of three others and wounded several more. The tranquility of the small town was shattered by a man whose mind was reportedly clouded by mental illness and racial animosity.

The evening's horror began to unfold when Steven Michael Stagner, a 42-year-old ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Melquiades Medrano-Velasquez

    Male

    Hispanic / Latino

    Rifle

    CO

    2001-7-3

    23

    Melquiades

    Medrano-Velasquez

    11/14/2025

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    05/09/2024
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    02/03/2023
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