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Calvin Castleberry

Case from Denver, CO dated May 21, 1981

Victim Details

Calvin Castleberry

Male

Black / African American

Denver

CO

1981-05-21

53

Calvin

Castleberry

07/23/2026

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On the morning of May 21, 1981, the life of 53-year-old Calvin Castleberry, a Black male known to his friends and family as 'Sarge,' was cut short by an act of violence in Denver, Colorado. Officers from the Denver Police Department were dispatched to the 2600 block of Welton Street following a report of a shooting. The scene of the crime was the living quarters of a building situated behind what was then Bishop's Barber Shop in the Five Points business area.

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