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Benjamin Chavez

Case from Denver, CO dated Sep 28, 1976

Victim Details

Benjamin Chavez

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Denver

CO

1976-09-28

42

Benjamin

Chavez

07/08/2026

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On a late September day in 1976, the quiet neighborhood near East 33rd Avenue and Cherry Street in Denver, Colorado, became the scene of a grim discovery. On September 28th, officers with the Denver Police Department were dispatched to the area following a report of a deceased male found inside a vehicle. Upon their arrival, they identified the man as 42-year-old Benjamin Chavez, a Hispanic male. He had been fatally shot.

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  • https://www.denvergov.org/files/assets/public/police-department/documents/cold-cases/1976/76-chavez.pdf
  • Benjamin Chavez, age 42 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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