Case Detail
Mario Mendoza
Case Details
Case Type: Homicide
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Incident Date: 09/18/1986
Occupation: Agriculture
Agency: Weld County Sheriff's Office
City: Greeley
Date of Birth: 03/05/1954
County: Weld
Date of Death: 09/23/1986
Agency Case #: 86-0923023
Judicial District: 19th Judicial District
Age: 32
Gender: Male
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Race: White
Tribal Affiliation: N/A
Ethnicity: Hispanic
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About this Case:
Mario Mendoza was last seen on Thursday, Sept. 17, 1986, leaving George's Bar in Brighton, CO in a white over blue car with three Hispanic males at 6:45 pm. On Sept. 23, 1986, Mario's body was discovered floating in the Fulton Irrigation Ditch #2 at Weld County roads 4 and 27, near Brighton. Mario had been beaten to death. It is believed he was placed in the ditch in Adams County and floated to the location of his discovery. During the investigation it was learned Mario occasionally worked as a laborer at Sakata Farms and supplied marijuana to other laborers residing at the farm's labor camp. This case has baffled WCSO detectives over the years because there is no known motive for Marino's death, and no new suspects or leads have been developed in this case. Anyone with information regarding this case, is asked to please contact the Weld County Sheriff's Office.
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Weld County Sheriff's Office
Greeley
Colorado