On Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1953, a sense of unease settled over the Colorado Springs Police Department. Patrolman Richard Stanley Burchfield, a 34-year-old White/Caucasian male, was on duty, diligently working to solve a string of armed robberies that had been troubling the city. He had been a dedicated member of the force for five years and was a married father of three. That evening, he radioed to dispatch that he was concluding his patrol of an area of interest and would soon be headin
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