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James A. Wilkerson IV, M.D.Coroner and Chief Medical ExaminerOFFICE OF THE LARIMER COUNTY CORONER/ MEDICAL EXAMINER495 North Denver AvenueLoveland, CO 80537Phone: 970-619-4517Fax: 970-619-4510LARIMER COUNTYOPEN/ UNSOLVED CASES1)Joseph ALLENDOD: 07/03/1907Ft. Collins Police officer Allen was beaten to death by an ax, brick, or a large club on 07/03/1907 while on patrolin "the Jungles" area of Ft. Collins, where Allen had been active in prosecuting numerous cases of liquor lawviolations. Allen's body was discovered in the middle of the road around 22:00 by a man who lived in the sameblock. According to the newspaper, the neighbor heard groans and believed they were coming from a drunkenman. When Roy Kelley went out to look, he discovered the dying Allen. Allen's pistol, club, and knife weremissing.If you have any possible information related to this case please contactCity of Fort Collins Police Services,2221 Timberline Road, Fort Collins, CO 80525Phone: 970.221.6540 (non-emergency)Police Sgt of Investigations: Mike Trombley mtrombley@fcgov.comColorado State PoliceOfficer Down Memorial2)Frank PEAKDOD: 07/13/1915Loveland Town Marshall, Peak, was fatally shot at age 35. His body was found draped over the railing on the eastside of an irrigation bridge over the English Canal on Lincoln Avenue, south of 2nd Street. He was killed in ashootout with suspects who were never found. The case was re-opened in 1991 but is now inactive because allknown witnesses are deceased.If you have any possible information related to this case please contactCity of Loveland Police Services,810 E. 10th Street, Loveland, CO 80537Phone: 970.962.2260 (Investigations)
LARIMER COUNTYOPEN/ UNSOLVED CASES3)Steven KIRK (77C-083)LCSO-77-4347Found: 06/25/1977The decomposing body of 28 year-old Kirk was found in a camping trailer at the Ramada Inn, Ft. Collins. Kirk hadbeen beaten to death. No suspects were named. Authorities suspect robbery was a motive.Denver PostIf you have any possible information related to this case please contactLarimer County Sheriff's Department,2501 Midpoint Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525Phone: 970.498.5100Lieutenant of Investigations: Robert Coleman4 & 5) Walter & Kimo PERRY (79C-030, 032)LCSO-79-2927DOD: 03/12/1979A 29 year-old father and his 9 month-old son were burned to death while sleeping in their Loveland home at 604SE 8th St. Perry's wife, Gwendolyn "Joyce" Perry, escaped the fire. Police ruled the deaths homicides afterevidence of arson was found.If you have any possible information related to this case please contactLarimer County Sheriff's Department,2501 Midpoint Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525Phone: 970.498.5100Lieutenant of Investigations: Robert Coleman2
LARIMER COUNTYOPEN/ UNSOLVED CASES6)Morton S. ROSENFELD (79C-083)LCSO-79-5249DOD: 05/19/1979Rosenfeld, age 43, was discovered in a basement apartment at Windcliff Estates in Estes Park. Rosenfeld hadbeen beaten to death. Authorities identified a suspect and that suspect failed a subsequent polygraph. However,insufficient evidence existed to prosecute. The suspect, no longer living in Colorado, was re-interviewed by LCSOinvestigators in 2003. He chose not to cooperate and therefore remains a suspect in this murder.CBIFOHVAMPDenver PostIf you have any possible information related to this caseplease contactLarimer County Sheriff's Department,2501 Midpoint Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525Phone: 970.498.5100Lieutenant of Investigations: Robert Coleman7)Donald OVA (84C-386)LCSO-84-23508Found: 12/25/1984A resident of the lower Poudre Canyon was taking a walk and came across the body of 32 year-old Ova. Ova wastransient and lived in the Greeley area. He was last seen alive on Thanksgiving, 1984. He was led up a hill andshot to death, execution-style. A suspect was identified but scientific testing available 16 years later (2000) failedto conclusively implicate him and the Larimer County DA refused to prosecute for lack of evidence.If you have any possible information related to this case please contactLarimer County Sheriff's Department,2501 Midpoint Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525Phone: 970.498.5100Lieutenant of Investigations: Robert Coleman3
LARIMER COUNTYOPEN/ UNSOLVED CASES8)Peggy HETTRICK (87C-049)DOD: 02/11/1987Hettrick, age 37, was found in an open field on the west side of the 3800 block of Landings Dr., Ft. Collins, in theearly morning of 02/11/87. She had been stabbed in the back. In 1999, authorities arrested Timothy Masters forthe murder and he was found guilty and sentenced to prison. In 2008, Masters was set free due to DNA testingresults which pointed to another (unknown) suspect.If you have any possible information related to this case please contactColorado Attorney General's Office,1525 Sherman St, Denver, CO 80203Phone: 303.866.4500Peggy Hettrick Tip Line 303.866.5479Attorney.General@state.co.usColorado Attorney General: John SuthersColorado Attorney GeneralBlackwell Brief4
LARIMER COUNTYOPEN/ UNSOLVED CASES9)Jessica ARREDONDO (88C-382)LCSO-88-18317Found: 11/26/1988Arredondo, age 21, was last seen on 11/25/88 when she dropped her boyfriend off at Neil's, a bar in Glendale,south of Denver. Arredondo's car, a red 1988 Mustang convertible, was found abandoned a few blocks from thebar at east 7th and Jackson, and appeared to have been involved in an accident. Witnesses said she had beenabducted from the accident site by "several unknown male suspects." Her body was found on US 36 near EstesPark in Larimer County the next day. She had suffered fatal blows to her head. Investigation producedcondemned killer Robert Harlan as a suspect. Harlan, the son of a Denver Police officer, now sits on Colorado'sDeath Row for the 1993 slaying of Rhonda Maloney, a Central City casino waitress he abducted and killed. Harlanwas also found guilty of shooting and paralyzing Jacque Creazzo, the woman who tried to come to Maloney'said. Harlan became a suspect in the Arredondo slaying after police interviewed his former co-workers at US Westwhere Arredondo worked as an Information Operator.If you have any possible information related to this case please contactLarimer County Sheriff's Department,2501 Midpoint Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525Phone: 970.498.5100Lieutenant of Investigations: Robert ColemanCBIFOHVAMP5
LARIMER COUNTYOPEN/ UNSOLVED CASES10)Anthony E. MACKEY (91C-312) LCSO-91-12910DOD: 08/12/1991This 84 year old male was being cared for in his home by his niece, Darlene Goddard, and her college-aged son,Kristopher Koetteng. The decedent had sustained blunt trauma to the central nervous system in a fallapproximately 5 months prior to death. Since the fall, he was in deteriorating health and a downhill neurologicalcourse. Ultimately, he became totally helpless and bedridden with paralysis, aphasia, and loss of bladder andbowel control. Although there was initially no evidence of foul play, an autopsy was performed to documenttrauma related to the fall. A fractured hyoid bone and fresh bruising to the neck muscles was found at autopsy,indicating recent manual strangulation.If you have any possible information related to this case please contactLarimer County Sheriff's Department,2501 Midpoint Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525Phone: 970.498.5100Lieutenant of Investigations: Robert Coleman11)“Baby Faith" (96C-432)LCSO96-6874Found: 08/24/1996"Baby Faith" was a newborn who suffocated after being wrapped in a plastic garbage bag and left on the shoresof Horsetooth Reservoir in Larimer County. Two young boys found the body. The identity of her parents remainsa mystery.If you have any possible information related to this case please contactLarimer County Sheriff's Department,2501 Midpoint Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525Phone: 970.498.5100Lieutenant of Investigations: Robert Coleman6
LARIMER COUNTYOPEN/ UNSOLVED CASES12)Mary Lou VICKERMAN (99C-484)DOD: 09/13/1999Loveland Police are searching for a hit and run driver who killed 61 year-old Vickerman at US 287 and theOrchards Shopping Center entrance in Loveland. Vickerman was sitting on her bicycle at 13:40 waiting to crossUS Hwy 287 when a red Ford pickup, 1970's model with a white camper shell turned out of Orchards Center andslammed into her. Vickerman died of head trauma. The driver of the pickup, described as a white male in his late30's or early 40's, did not stop.If you have any possible information related to this case please contactCity of Loveland Police Services,810 E. 10th Street, Loveland, CO 80537Phone: 970.962.2260 (Investigations)7
LARIMER COUNTYOPEN/ UNSOLVED CASES13)Renee Bina MUNSHI (99C-520)FCPD# 99-18833DOD: 10/06/1999About 01:00, a vehicle struck and killed Munshi on South Taft Hill Road in Ft. Collins. Munshi was waiting for herboyfriend to return with help for their injured dog, who had also been hit by a car. Her boyfriend was gone about10 minutes and returned to find Munshi lying in the shoulder of the road next to the dog. She was transportedto PVH where she died later that morning. No suspects have been identified.If you have any possible information related to this case please contactCity of Fort Collins Police Services,2221 Timberline Road, Fort Collins, CO 80525Phone: 970.221.6540 (non-emergency)14)John Robert MILLER (03C-433)DOD: 08/15/2003Miller, age 56, was found lying in the 4200 block of US Hwy 287 in Loveland around 02:30, the victim of a hit andrun. He died of his injuries 2 hours later. A Larimer County Sheriff's deputy noticed Miller walking along the roadand spoke with him at 01:30 at 37th and US Hwy 287. Both Miller and the hit and run vehicle were thought tohave been northbound; Miller was struck from behind. The driver did not stop to render aid. No suspects havebeen identified.If you have any possible information related to this case please contactCity of Loveland Police Services,810 E. 10th Street, Loveland, CO 80537Phone: 970.962.2260 (Investigations)8
LARIMER COUNTYOPEN/ UNSOLVED CASES15)William Roger CONNOLE, Jr. (15C-573)DOD: 06/03/2015stConnole, age 65, was standing on the corner of St. Louis Ave and E. 1 St. in Loveland at approximately 2245 hrswhen a passing motorist pulled up next to him and fired a shotgun at him, killing him instantly. A vehicle waswitnessed slowing near the decedent as he stood at the corner, but the actual shooting was unwitnessed andthe perpetrator has not been identified.If you have any possible information related to this case please contactCity of Loveland Police Services,810 E. 10th Street, Loveland, CO 80537Phone: 970.962.2260 (Investigations)9
Loveland Town Marshall, Peak, was fatally shot at age 35. His body was found draped over the railing on the east side of an irrigation bridge over the English Canal on Lincoln Avenue, south of 2. nd . Street. He was killed in a shootout with suspects who were never found. The case was re-opened in 1991 but is now inactive because all
