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Melanie Cooley

Case from Nederland, CO dated Apr 15, 1975

Victim Details

Melanie Cooley

Female

White / Caucasian

Nederland

CO

1975-04-15

18

Melanie

Cooley

07/15/2026

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On a spring day in 1975, Melanie Suzanne Cooley, an 18-year-old White female known to her friends as "Suzi," left Nederland High School for the last time. It was April 15th, and the high school senior was last seen hitchhiking in the mountain town of Nederland, Colorado. An artistic and spirited individual, Melanie enjoyed photography, writing poetry, and playing the guitar. She had even embroidered a large, distinctive eagle on the back of the blue jean jacket she was wearing that day, along wi ...
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