The Murder of Violet Newman

57 year old Violet Newman was working at May D&F at Southglenn mall in Centennial, Colorado. She left work around 5 p.m.  on  October 25, 1980 and walked towards her yellow Chevrolet station wagon. It was assumed she would be heading home. Her husband later arrived at their home from the bowling alley around 7:30 p.m. He found that Violet had not arrived home. He went to bed thinking she might be coming home late. When he woke up around 1:30 a.m. and found she still wasn't home, he called the police.

The next afternoon around 2:15 p.m. at Castelwood Canyon the nude body of Violet's was found beneath a white sheet. She had died due to being shot in the head. Her clothes were never found, and she may have been sexually assaulted as semen was found. DNA is available in this case, but no matches have been found.

Her car was later found blocks away from her home. It was abandoned between 7 and 8 p.m. the night she died. It was determined she was killed inside the car. The man abandoned the car was described as a young white man who walked through the neighborhood after leaving the car.

It has been noted and is unknown if it is connected, but on October 25 a woman in the parking lot of D&F had been approached by a man with a gun. He was claimed to need a ride because he stole drugs because they had stolen from his brother. The woman was able to get in her car and drive away. He was seen getting into a red truck. He was described as being a young white man with red hair and a pudgy nose.

Image of possible suspect. 

SOURCES:
http://www.arapahoegov.com/1544/Violet-Newman
https://apps.colorado.gov/apps/coldcase/casedetail.html?id=117