Genaro Alellano-Sanchez, a 24-year-old Hispanic man, was shot to death in Denver on the night of January 20, 1996. Police responded to reports of shots fired on the 1000 block of West 39th Avenue and found Genaro and 25-year-old Felix Perez-Castaneda down at the mouth of an alley; both had been shot. The alleyway scene is described as narrow and shadowed, and officers documented the victims where they fell.

The Denver Police Department later included Genaro by name and age in a cold-case bulletin that records the date, location, and that the two men were found at the alley entrance after a shooting. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s entry repeats the same basic facts and treats Perez-Castaneda as a related victim from the same incident.

If anyone has information about what happened on West 39th Avenue that night or knew Genaro, please share details with investigators.