In the winter of 2013 in Denver, Colorado, the day after Christmas brought a grim discovery that shattered the holiday peace. On December 26th, police were called to a home on Trenton Street, initially responding to a report of a burglary. What they found inside was far more tragic: the bodies of two men, 39-year-old Francisco Gutierrez and 37-year-old Alexander Tower. Both men had been shot to death in what was being investigated as a double homicide.
Gutierrez was a Hispanic male.
The investigation that followed revealed that Gutierrez had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Police determined that he and Tower were last seen together in the early morning hours of December 22nd at a nightclub in downtown Denver. In the days and weeks that followed the discovery of their bodies, authorities reached out to the public for any information that might lead to a break in the case. They canvassed the neighborhood and sought to piece together the final days of the two men, hoping to understand the circumstances that led to their violent deaths.
Despite the efforts of the Denver Police Department, the case grew cold. In early 2014, law enforcement acknowledged that there had been no significant developments, and no suspects had been identified or arrested in connection with the double murder. Years later, the case of Francisco Gutierrez and Alexander Tower was listed among the city's unsolved homicides, a painful reminder of a life cut short and a mystery that endures. The community was left with unanswered questions and the lingering sorrow of a holiday season marked by a brutal and unresolved crime.
