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Polly Sullivan

Case from Denver, CO dated Dec 26, 1998

Victim Details

Polly Sullivan

July 1, 2023

Female

Indigenous / Native American

Denver

CO

1998-12-26

1954-11-07

44

1998-049379

Polly Sullivan

Polly

Sullivan

Victim

Black

Brown

5'0

170 lbs

No

07/18/2026


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A manager of transitional housing is found stabbed to death
In the winter of 1998, in Denver, Colorado, the life of 44-year-old Polly Sullivan was tragically cut short. Of Irish and Muscogee Creek heritage, Polly was a lawyer and the project director of the Crooked Tree housing project, a residence for the homeless located at the former Lowry Air Force Base. She was not just an administrator but also a resident, choosing to live among the people she was dedicated to helping. Her apartment was known for the lighthouses she collected and displayed in her w ...
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