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Jack Ducey

Case from Denver, CO dated Nov 05, 1987

Victim Details

Jack Ducey

Male

White / Caucasian

Denver

CO

1987-11-05

36

Jack

Ducey

07/09/2026

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In the autumn of 1987, the peculiar life of 35-year-old Jack Ducey came to a violent and mysterious end in his north Denver home. A white male, Ducey was a man of contradictions, the wealthy son of a detective who lived in squalor, surrounded by a menagerie of animals that included geese and chickens. His paranoia was as much a fixture of his home as the bars he had installed on every one of its 32 windows, convinced he was being watched by the CIA.

His family grew concerned when their ph ...
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  • https://www.denvergov.org/files/assets/public/police-department/documents/cold-cases/1987/87-ducey.pdf
  • GHOST OF A CHANCE | News | Denver Westword - Denver Westword
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