On the afternoon of November 7, 1974, gunfire was reported near East 23rd Avenue and Clarkson Street in Denver. Responding officers found 23-year-old Ronald Betzer, a white male, in a nearby alley with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital but died a few hours later.

The Denver Police Department opened a homicide investigation, but the case went cold with no arrests and no publicly identified suspects. The case remains open and unsolved and is now handled by the department’s Cold Case Unit, which is asking anyone with information about that November afternoon to come forward.

If anyone knew Ronald, saw activity in the area that day, or has information that could help, please contact the Denver Police Cold Case Unit.