On the evening of March 19, 1981, 24-year-old Stephen Marquez was fatally shot during an armed robbery at Eddie’s Cut Rate Liquor Store near 23rd and Stout Street in Denver. Marquez, a cashier at the store, was struck when an unknown person entered with the intent to rob and discharged a firearm. He was taken to a nearby hospital but died of the gunshot wound.

The Denver Police Department opened the case as #1981-657522. No arrests have been made and no suspect has been publicly identified; the investigation has gone cold over the decades. If anyone was in the area that night or has information about the robbery or the shooter, please come forward to assist the family and investigators.