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Steven Wicks

Case from Adams, CO dated Mar 08, 1980

Victim Details

Steven Wicks

Male

White / Caucasian

Adams

CO

1980-03-08

10

Steven

Wicks

07/08/2026

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Steven Wicks, a 10-year-old White male, spent the early afternoon of March 8, 1980 with his friend Ronald DeFond, 7, leaving for a short walk to buy ice cream from a grocery at East Colfax Avenue and Williams Street in Denver. They never returned. Later that day, a passerby in neighboring Adams County came upon a field off Tower Road near Aurora and found the boys lying side by side, a discovery that would draw investigators from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office and mark the beginning of a ca ...
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  • Colorado Cold Case Files - Case Detail: Steven Wicks
  • STEVEN WICKS AND RONALD DEFOND | The Crime Victims Center
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