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DeAngelo Tafoya

Case from Denver, CO dated Apr 01, 2021

Victim Details

DeAngelo Tafoya

Male

Denver

CO

2021-04-01

22

DeAngelo

Tafoya

07/23/2026

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DeAngelo Tafoya, a 22-year-old male, was waiting for a bus on the afternoon of April 1, 2021, in Denver, Colorado, a day that would tragically be his last. A devoted single father, he was working two jobs, putting in more than 80 hours a week to provide for his infant daughter, Athena. He had been working overtime to save money for their first vacation together. That afternoon, as he and another man, 59-year-old David Lara, waited at the bus stop near the intersection of South Federal Boulevard ...
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