CO CO - Marilee Burt, 15, Columbine Valley, 26 Feb 1970

[Truly_Mysterious]

The precise location where Marilee's body was discovered using an original crime scene photo, 39.5439891309, -105.167580376

Crime Scene Photo clipping from original here

Wildcat Gulch, Deer Creek, CO, USA

 

[Satch]

Recent article (2021):

Reward increased to find who killed Marilee Burt 51 years ago

Crime Stoppers was offering up to $30,000 for information leading to an arrest. Marilee Burt was 15 when she disappeared in 1970.

www.9news.com

Also one from 2020:

The murder of Colorado teen Marilee Burt remains a mystery 50 years later

It's been 50 years since Marilee Burt was found brutally murdered, and her family continues to chase for justice to help mend their hearts and bring closure.

www.denver7.com

Satch

 

[dotr]

March 17 2023 rbbm.
by: Dara Bitler

Who murdered this 15-year-old girl after a basketball game?

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office are working to solve the cold case murder of Marilee Burt from February 27, 1970.

kdvr.com

''The Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office are working to solve the cold case murder of Marilee Burt from February 27, 1970.

The CBI said Burt was walking to her home in Columbine Valley after a basketball game at Goddard Middle School but she never made it home.

Witnesses told investigators that they saw Burt walk through Berry Drive, Bowles Avenue, and Middlefield Road.

''During the investigation detectives learned that Burt was last seen talking to someone in a vehicle that stopped on South Middlefield Road.

The next day, a Jefferson County road crew found Burt’s unclothed body in Deer Creek Canyon, several miles away from where she was last seen, and contacted law enforcement. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled to death.

Years after Burt’s murder, investigators were able to create a DNA profile using evidence that was collected at the scene. The DNA hasn’t yet yielded a match for the killer in local or federal databases.

In 2021, the reward in Burt’s murder was increased to up to $30,000 for information leading to an arrest in the case.
If you have information about this case, please contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867 or submit a tip online.''

 

[Satch]

A Heartbreaking case. Here are ways this tragedy could have been likly prevented:

1.) Marilee should have communicated to have her mother that she was going to her friend's house after the basketball game and to be picked up again after the visit however long it lasted. Her Mother thought she was to be picked up at school

2.) Her brother Ray. If only he had stopped to pick her up! This always bothered him. I remember reading an interview. For some reason, he just didn't.

Satch

 

[chart75]

Good to hear from you Satch.

Unfortunately, the world, and especially cases like this, is full of "what if?"

Does anyone know how to find out if LE has reached out to Othram on this case? I also wonder if the killer kept her cheerleading uniform as a souvenir. I live local to this case, and every time I see an old two-tone pickup I wonder "is that the truck the killer used?"

 

[Colt Cutshall]

I’ve just recently gotten into this case and it’s just so mind boggling to me that someone would do this to a 15 year old girl and I am no where near Colorado but I’m still trying to do whatever I can to try and help bring this case to a close

 

[longthymelurker]

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. — It's been 50 years since 15-year-old Marilee Burt was last seen alive walking home from the Goddard Junior High School toward her home in Columbine Valley in Littleton.

After a basketball game at Goddard, still in her green cheerleading uniform, Marilee began walking home.

Several witnesses saw her walking a route that included Berry Drive, Bowles Avenue and Middlefield Road. She never made it home

50 years and still no answers: Who killed Marilee Burt?

She was so pretty!

 

[Jbetty567]

Can I get your thoughts on the brother's name? I don't want to get it wrong! The old articles call him Raymond, but the recent one cited above (which interviews him) says he is Ramon. Maybe he was Raymond and now prefers Ramon? Anyone know?