Who murdered Julia Ann DeTemple? On a late summer day, the 17th of September, 1986, two employees loading gravel on an outlying Coors property in Golden, Colorado, made a grim discovery. Tucked away in the brush, they found a badly decomposed body. The subsequent investigation would identify the remains as those of 26-year-old Julia Ann DeTemple, a white female, turning a missing person's last known moments into a homicide investigation.
Julia was last seen a month prior, on the 18th of August, 1986.
Her evening began by hitchhiking to the 40 High bar. Later, she accepted a ride to another local establishment, the Tap Inn. The last official record of her whereabouts came after 8 p.m. when she was issued a Denver Mountain Parks ticket in the iconic Red Rocks Park. At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing blue jeans, a light blue short-sleeve sweatshirt, and brown boots.
Despite the passage of time, the case of who was responsible for Julia DeTemple's death remains unsolved. The investigation is now considered a cold case, and authorities have not publicly identified any suspects or made any arrests in connection with her murder. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office continues to seek information from the public, hoping that someone might hold the key to bringing closure to a case that has remained a mystery for decades.
