Original report: Young girl clings to life after family is beaten to death

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Channel: 9NEWS · 2018 · News & Politics

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Vanessa Bennett needed three units of blood and three units of fluids after her mother, father and sister were beaten to death by an unknown assailant inside their Aurora home in January 1984. This is the original 9NEWS report on the cold case.

2016 report: Unsolved 1984 hammer murders in Denver suburbs:
https://youtu.be/O30reg-4VTo
Original story: Investigators link DNA from two notorious cold cases:
https://youtu.be/yD2mrVOyAGs
Original report: Suburban Denver family beaten to death with hammer:
https://youtu.be/nyPnuC8rWbk
Original Report: Man enters Aurora home, attacks couple with a hammer:
https://youtu.be/e9Z48i1VjZM
RAW: Footage of the investigation into the death of Patricia Smith:
https://youtu.be/16Y03elYdoQ
Original report: Suburban Denver family beaten to death with hammer:
https://youtu.be/C4-xexQOaPU
Officials confirm Alex Christopher Ewing is the suspect in Colorado's 1984 hammer attacks:
https://youtu.be/V1Zf2DwH49Q

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