On the morning of June 18, 1986, Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff William James Truesdale was working an off-duty security detail at the Citywide Bank on South Wadsworth Boulevard in Lakewood, Colorado. He was 53, near his planned retirement and marking his wedding anniversary when two masked, armed men entered the bank intent on robbery. Deputy Truesdale confronted them and was shot twice in the chest. He was taken to St. Anthony’s hospital and pronounced dead.

The suspects fled but were later identified and captured. Investigators found both men had prior contacts with the law and had been held in the Jefferson County Jail, where Truesdale had worked as a detentions deputy. Both were tried and received life sentences for the murder of Deputy Truesdale.

Did anyone in Lakewood at the time have information about the robbery or the men involved that hasn’t been shared publicly?