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Kayla Burke

Case from Denver, CO dated Dec 25, 2016

Victim Details

Kayla Burke

October 8, 2022

Female

Caucasian / White

Denver

CO

2016-12-25

2016-12-25

21

Kayla

Burke

Yes

07/21/2026


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A young woman is stabbed to death on Christmas morning
In the early hours of Christmas morning in 2016, a promising young female artist's life was tragically cut short in Denver, Colorado. Twenty-one-year-old Kayla Burke was fatally stabbed in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The incident, which unfolded around 2 a.m. on the 1400 block of Pearl Street, is believed to be a case of domestic violence.

Earlier that evening, Burke had requested police assistance for a 'civil standby' as she moved belongings out of the apartment of her former boyfrie ...
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