Manuel Amaro-Rojas was 24 when he was found dead in the early morning of August 11, 2011, in his green 1998 Hyundai Elantra after the car went through a fence at 8th Avenue and Decatur Street in Denver. The scene first looked like a single-car crash, but the Denver coroner reclassified the death as a homicide after finding gunshot wounds to his right arm and chest. Investigators believe he was shot around 2:20 a.m. moments after leaving his job as a custodian in downtown Denver and that an attempted robbery a few blocks away near West 8th Avenue and Zuni Street was considered as a possible motive or context.

Despite an active investigation and a publicly offered reward, no suspects have been identified and no arrests announced; the case remains open. If anyone has information about Manuel’s movements that night or about activity near West 8th and Zuni around 2:20 a.m., please come forward.