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Frank Chavez

Case from Denver, CO dated Aug 28, 2016

Victim Details

Frank Chavez

March 28, 2022

Male

Caucasian / White

Denver

CO

2016-08-28

2016-08-28

53

Frank

Chavez

No

07/22/2026


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In the predawn hours of a Sunday in the Barnum neighborhood of Denver, violence shattered the quiet of the 100 block of South Knox Court. It was there, on August 28, 2016, that 53-year-old Frank Leo Chavez was found lying outside a residence, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. The male victim was pronounced deceased shortly after Denver Police Department officers responded to a call of shots fired at approximately 12:05 a.m.

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