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Kenneth Metcalf

Case from Denver, CO dated Mar 23, 1987

Victim Details

Kenneth Metcalf

Male

White / Caucasian

Denver

CO

1987-03-23

30

Kenneth

Metcalf

07/17/2026

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Kenneth Metcalf, a 30-year-old white male, spent the late winter of 1987 far from home, passing through Denver, Colorado, when his life suddenly intersected with a violence that has never been fully explained. On March 23, 1987, he was staying at a Motel 6 on the east side of the city, a place meant to offer a simple bed and a temporary stop along Interstate 70, but instead became the setting of his final moments. Official records list his birth in September 1956 and confirm that he died that sa ...
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  • https://www.denvergov.org/files/assets/public/police-department/documents/cold-cases/1987/87-metcalf.pdf
  • Cold Case Homicides - Police Department - City and County of Denver
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