CO CO - Stanleyanita Moore, 23, Denver, found murdered 13 Dec 1971

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https://www.unresolvedhomicides.org/victim/moore-stanley-anita/

https://www.denvergov.org/content/dam/denvergov/Portals/720/documents/coldcases/71-521986.Moore.pdf

Case #: 71-521986
Date: 12/13/1971
Location: 2249 Lafayette Street

Synopsis: On the above date, the victim, Stanleyanita Moore, was found murdered in her home. At the time of her death, her only daughter was 18 months old. She was described by her family as outgoing and friendly. She graduated from Annunciation Catholic High School, and was working as a nurse’s aide at Presbyterian Hospital. To date, no suspect(s) have been identified in this case.

The Denver Police Department’s Cold Case Unit is seeking information that will lead to the arrest and prosecution of the suspect(s) responsible for this murder. If you have information that could assist with this or any other unsolved case, you can help investigators by calling the Denver Police Department at 720-913-2000 (24 hours a day - seven days a week) or by calling the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at 720-913-STOP (7867). Callers may remain anonymous and receive a reward up to $2,000.

 

[WingsOverTX]

"On April 9, 1972, The Denver Post ran a Secret Witness story under the headline: Who Killed Mother of Sleeping Baby?

The story, which ran without a byline, appeared as follows:
In one corner of the dining room inside the little brick house were Christmas presents, gaily wrapped and ready to be placed beneath a tree. Sleeping peacefully in her bedroom crib was a baby girl, named Shan Dale Simpson by her adoring mother. On the floor of the bedroom of the small house at 2249 Lafayette St. was Shan Dale's mother. She, too, was quiet. But she wasn't sleeping. She was dead."
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Credit: KUSA
Stephen Moore, Shan Dale Hornbuckle and Sandra Fisher are relatives of Stanley Anita Moore. They all hope for answers about her 1971 killing.

February 24, 2023

Cold case: Young mother murdered while toddler daughter sleeps in next room

Stanley Anita Moore was strangled as her baby daughter slept nearby.

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''DENVER — More than 50 years after the unsolved murder of a young mother in Denver, her family’s hope for answers is up against a bitter reality – the original police file has been missing for at least a decade, lengthening the odds the killer will ever be identified.
Stanley Anita Moore – Stanita to her brothers and sisters – was 23, a young mother, and a nurse aide working at Presbyterian Hospital when someone strangled her on Dec. 13, 1971, as her 18-month-old daughter slept in her crib in another room.''

 

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Stanley Anita Moore came by her unusual name as a result of the hopes of her dad, Stanley Moore, for a son.

“On the fourth time my mother got pregnant, he said, this is going to be a boy,” Fisher said.

Instead, it was another girl.

“And he said no, we’re going to call her Stanley Anita,” Fisher said.
Boys came along later, and her family took to calling her Stanita.

“She was a tough cookie to get along with,” said Stephen Moore, one of her younger brothers. “I didn't have to worry about the bullies if I was with Stanita. She would take up for me.”

Cold case: Young mother murdered while toddler daughter sleeps in next room

Stanley Anita Moore was strangled as her baby daughter slept nearby.

www.9news.com