Case Detail
Melvin Pooley
Case Details
Case Type: Homicide
Height: Unknown
Case Status: OPEN
Weight: Unknown
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Incident Date: 01/25/1980
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Agency: Denver Police Department
City: Denver
Date of Birth: Unknown
County: Denver
Date of Death: 01/25/1980
Agency Case #: 80-563566
Age: 14
Judicial District: 2nd Judicial District
Gender: Male
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Race: Caucasian
NamUs Case #: Unknown
Eyes: Unknown
NCMEC Case #: Unknown
Hair: Blond/Strawberry
About this Case:
On 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.
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Denver Police Department
Denver
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