ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Denver County, CO

The Mill Creek Killing (1965)

Ophelia Ackley was killed near Mill Creek in Denver County, CO in 1965. The death was ruled a homicide caused by asphyxiation, no one has been charged, and the file is still open.

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Rows of old filing cabinets in a dim municipal archive room
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
Timeline
  1. 1965

    The victim was last seen leaving Mill Creek and was found two days later.

  2. 1968

    A grand jury heard testimony and returned no indictment.

  3. 1988

    DNA held in storage was re-tested with modern methods.

  4. Recently

    Ledger contributors indexed the public record and opened the case for review.

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cold_room1 day ago

The evidence log shows an item checked out in 1994 and never checked back in.

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