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Kazem Selahyarzi

Case from Denver, CO dated Jul 31, 1987

Victim Details

Kazem Selahyarzi

Male

Denver

CO

1987-07-31

39

Kazem

Selahyarzi

07/17/2026

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Kazem Selahyarzi, a 39-year-old male of other racial background, lived in Denver, Colorado, when his life was cut short in the summer of 1987. On July 31 of that year, in a quiet residential stretch of the city, he was inside his home in the 1900 block of West 33rd Avenue, a place that should have been familiar and safe. What unfolded there that day turned his house into a crime scene and marked the beginning of a mystery that has endured for decades.

Police would later document that Kaz ...
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  • Kazem Selahyarzi - Colorado Cold Case Files - Case Detail
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