Who murdered 17 year old Joyce Neill? In the spring of 1969, the life of 17-year-old Joyce Neill was tragically cut short, leaving a mystery that has endured for decades in Jefferson County, Colorado. A white female, Neill had moved to Denver from Arizona and was building a life for herself, working as a nurse's aide at Mercy Hospital and sharing a house with several roommates.
On the afternoon of April 10, 1969, between 2:30 and 3:00 p.m., Neill was dropped off at City Park near the lake.
This was the last time she was seen alive. Three days later, on April 13, a family on a picnic discovered her body down an embankment about three miles up Golden Gate Park Road from the turnoff to Crawford Gulch. An investigation revealed that she had been stabbed, possibly with a long knife. At the time of her death, she was wearing white Levi's, a navy blue and white-striped shirt, and reddish-brown moccasin boots.
The investigation into Joyce Neill's homicide remains an unsolved cold case. There have been no arrests, and no suspects have been publicly identified. According to witnesses, in the time leading up to her death, Neill had been associating with motorcycle gangs, with potential links to groups known as the Husky Hustlers or the Iron Horseman. Despite this lead, her killer has never been brought to justice. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office continues to list her case as a homicide and seeks any information that might shed light on what happened to the young woman over half a century ago.
