In 2004, a well-liked man went missing from Aurora, Colorado after dropping his girlfriend off at the airport. When police conducted a wellness check at his home 2 days later, they found him brutally and methodically murdered in his own basement, with no apparent motive and no suspect in sight. But he had recently rented his basement apartment to a stranger…so was this mystery roommate to blame for his gruesome death? This is the story of Oakey “Al” Kite.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Unidentified: https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_Cooper

2. Unresolved: https://unresolved.me/oakey-al-kite

3. The DNA of Murder: https://www.amazon.com/Hotel-Homicide/dp/B07YT166ND/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1B9EIKUUVUQ6N&keywords=the+dna+of+murder&qid=1657316196&sprefix=the+dna+of+murde%2Caps%2C128&sr=8-1

4. https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/homicides-and-sexual-assaults/victim-oakey-al-kite-jr

5. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25163639/oakey-albert-kite

6. Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/e6abxg/new_information_on_the_murder_of_oakey_albert/

7. NBC: https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/crime/murder-of-aurora-man-remains-unsolved-15-years-later-but-police-still-believe-renter-killed-him

8. Encyclopedia: encyclopedia.com/politics/legal-and-political-magazines/turkish-hezbollah

9. Unsolved: ttps://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_Emert

10. Crime Zone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJnheMYEXxo