Mario Mendoza
- Age
- 32
- Gender
- M
- Race
- White
- Ethnicity
- Hispanic
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Date of birth
- 03/05/1954
- Date of death
- 09/23/1986
- Occupation
- Agriculture
#86-0923023-2801Tier-1 extracted
Mario Mendoza
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Sep 18, 1986
Recovery location
Greeley, CO
Coordinates
40.4233, -104.7091
Days open
14,506
Victim
Extracted
Case narrative
Source text · highlightedMario Mendoza was last seen on Thursday, Sept. 17, 1986, leaving George's Bar in Brighton, CO in a white over blue car with three Hispanic males at 6:45 pm. On Sept. 23, 1986, Mario's body was discovered floating in the Fulton Irrigation Ditch #2 at Weld County roads 4 and 27, near Brighton. Mario had been beaten to death. It is believed he was placed in the ditch in Adams County and floated to the location of his discovery. During the investigation it was learned Mario occasionally worked as a laborer at Sakata Farms and supplied marijuana to other laborers residing at the farm's labor camp. This case has baffled WCSO detectives over the years because there is no known motive for Marino's death, and no new suspects or leads have been developed in this case.
Anyone with information regarding this case, is asked to please contact the Weld County Sheriff's Office.
Modus operandi
Tier-1Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 40.4233
- Longitude
- -104.7091
- Precision
- Landmark
- Address
- Fulton Irrigation Ditch #2 at Weld County roads 4 and 27, near Brighton(extracted)
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