Kazem Selahyarzi was 39 and living in Denver when he was shot to death inside his home in the 1900 block of West 33rd Avenue on July 31, 1987. The Denver Police Department opened the case under report number 87-236434 and treated the death as a homicide.

The investigation eventually moved into the cold case category, and the Denver Police Department’s Cold Case Unit still lists Kazem’s homicide and asks for information that could lead to an arrest and prosecution. His name continues to appear on compilations of unsolved Denver homicides and on memorial pages noting the July 31, 1987 date.

Does anyone have information about Kazem, his residence on West 33rd Avenue, or that neighborhood in late July 1987 that could help bring new leads?