DENVER — It's been more than 40 years since Sid Wells, a 22-year-old student at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU), was murdered, but it feels like yesterday for his family.

“The older I get, the harder it is to stay composed," said his older brother Robert Wells, his eyes growing misty.

Robert Wells described his brother as a gregarious person who treated everyone with dignity and respect.

“His sense of humor was amazing," Robert Wells said with a smile. "He could be tenacious when he needed to be. He wanted to be an investigative journalist or fly jets for the Navy. What a great combination."

In 1983, Sid Wells was dating Shauna Redford.

“When he first called me, he said, 'I met this beautiful girl, beautiful strawberry blonde hair, and we've been out on a couple of dates.

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