Woman's body found in a concrete irrigation ditch at Weld County roads In the autumn of 1992, the body of a young Black woman, Tammy Lynn Cheeks, was discovered in a desolate concrete irrigation ditch at the intersection of Weld County Roads 20 and 51, northeast of Hudson, Colorado. There is some discrepancy in official accounts, with one report indicating she was 25 years old and found on October 11, 1992, while another states she was 24 and discovered by hunters on November 14 of that same year.
Despite the official classification of her death as a homicide, the specific cause and manner of her death have never been determined, leaving a veil of mystery over her final moments.
Tammy was known to frequent the East Colfax and 5-Points areas of Denver, where she was involved in prostitution and was known to be a heavy drug user. She reportedly used several aliases, including Tammy Cloathes, Tammy Mason, and Gloria Fowler. Investigators learned that she was an acquaintance of another woman, Robin Denise Nelson, whose own death is also an open cold case with the Weld County Sheriff's Office, though authorities have not publicly drawn a direct link between the two cases.
The investigation into Tammy Lynn Cheeks's death has spanned decades, yet no suspects have ever been publicly identified, and no arrests have been made. Her case remains an unsolved homicide, a cold case that continues to await a breakthrough that might bring answers to her family and justice for her untimely death. The Weld County Sheriff's Office continues to solicit information from the public, hopeful that someone may yet come forward with the key to unlocking this long-standing mystery.
