When Boulder County Sheriff’s Office Detective Don Dillard took on the role of investigating cold cases three years ago, he was handed 16 unsolved cases, including the now nearly 50-year-old homicide of John Patterson.
Decades later and despite a lack of DNA evidence in the case, Dillard provided a look into how he used ballistic technology to link bullets from the scene to the rifle in a suspect’s room.
In addition to examining the hard evidence, Dillard also did interviews with detectives on the case in the 1970s and with family members. He said he reached out to interview Mr. Locicero in June but was notified that he died in March 2024. Dillard said when he reached out to Patterson’s family, they were surprised and thought the case had been forgotten…