Michael Loughrey was 29 and working as a landscaper when he disappeared from Denver in the autumn of 1983. He was reported missing on October 17, and his family and friends had no answers through the following months.

On May 9, 1984, a construction worker found human remains in a field near East Hampden Avenue and South Yosemite Street. The Denver Police Department identified the body as Loughrey’s after an autopsy, which determined he had been shot to death multiple times.

Investigators identified a potential suspect named Anthony Landis, who was also suspected in the deaths of two other men about three weeks after Loughrey’s disappearance. Reports indicate Landis was part of the federally protected witness program, a factor that reportedly prevented prosecution for Loughrey’s murder. The case remains unsolved in Denver Police files.

If anyone knew Michael, his movements in late 1983, or has information about the people he associated with then, please share what is known.