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Homicide/Police didn’t give upfrom 01•Sanderson, described as an itinerant construction laborer and a very mobile individual, Km da mid.Very little else is known about hi» background nr what he was doing in Colorado Springs when MacEachern was shot.MucRechem had lived in a home in Woodmen Valley since 1969,when hi* was stationed at Fnt AirForce Base lie retired in 1972 after 35 years of military service.fhi Ihe night he Was killed, wit ncssos said he mmo mio the bar alone, bad a cocktail, chatted with a few people and left, alone. A Tew minutes later a patrolman cropped In check a mao he thought was sleeping. Instead, he found MacEa-chern sprawled In his red Vnlks-wagon with five hui)ei9 in Ins body, one of w hich pierced hlb heartAlthough there were more than 100 people inside the bar. no one heard the shots — probably because of the loud music, police said.Macfiachcm'a wallet was missing and police believed robbery was the motive in the shooting Kendo said Friday police still believe that was the reason behind MacEachern’s death, flowever, lie would not discuss dentils of the evidence compiled against Sanderson.The intensive investigation involved the assistance of Arvada and Wheat Ridge police, and authorities m I^r.oxa, Kan. Seminole County. Fla. and Home.dcad. Fla We were very busy with this for a Jong time. Kenda saidArrests in most homicide cases arc made within hours, days or a few months. One other investigation aha. stretched to nearly 15 years he-lore an arrosr was made in 1991. and the city police department con-i:nues to pursue 20 unsolved mur dor casesThe department's homicide arrest rale is higher than 90 percent.Rendu said Since 1978 it has solved IPS cases “Our mission is to eventually solve all of them. he said.“We never forger. On occasion, eases can he very complicated and take iline, but wc arc always working on thcwe unsolved murders.’’Personnel may occasionally Change T»u the investigations go Oh-Many things ran happen that can give detectives the break they need to solve a caw, Kenda said Sometimes a new investigator can provide a new perspective Loyalties itnd relationships change that canaffect alli»s «• v»ii ness statements, nr new technique* are invented to examine the physical evidence.■ W’r work iin every single one (.onlinutiujiiy, Kenda saiu. We never slop '
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Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
Sat, Jul 31, 1993
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