Melvin Pooley
- Race
- White
- Hair color
- Blond/Strawberry
- Date of death
- 01/25/1980
#80-563566-933Tier-1 extracted
Melvin Pooley
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Jan 25, 1980
Recovery location
Denver, CO
Coordinates
39.6677, -105.0344
Days open
16,934
Victim
Extracted
Case narrative
Source text · highlightedOn the evening of October 19, 1979, 14 year old Melvin Pooley Jr. left his southwest Denver home to visit a friend. Melvin did not return home that night and a Missing Persons Report was filed with the Police Department.
A few months later, a passerby noticed a body floating in the South Platte River near West Yale Avenue and notified authorities. The body was subsequently identified as Melvin Pooley Jr. Due to the suspicious circumstances surrounding Melvin's death, this case was investigated as a homicide.
Anyone with information regarding this case, is asked to please contact the Denver Police Department.
Modus operandi
Tier-1Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 39.6677
- Longitude
- -105.0344
- Precision
- Landmark
- Address
- West Yale Avenue(extracted)
Possibly related cases (5)
Top 5Only the location type dimension is available for this case — correlations score on one MO dimension plus demographics.
- Hope WaddellDenver, CO · 1983location type (public_outdoor) · race (White) — 2 mi, 3 yr apart1.5 / 3.5
- Sammy John SanchezDenver, CO · 1991location type (public_outdoor) · race (White) — 2 mi, 11 yr apart1.5 / 3.5
- Darcy AndersonDenver, CO · 1986location type (public_outdoor) · race (White) — 3 mi, 7 yr apart1.5 / 3.5
- Constance Marie ParisEnglewood, CO · 1968location type (public_outdoor) · race (White) — 3 mi, 12 yr apart1.5 / 3.5
- Laura Theresa PerezDenver, CO · 1982location type (public_outdoor) · race (White) — 3 mi, 3 yr apart1.5 / 3.5
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