Boulder police appealed for help finding suspects in the five-month-old suspicious death of a 53-year-old drifter that was today declared to be homicide.
The case becomes Boulder’s second homicide of 2007 after three years with no homicide cases in the city.
Head injuries caused the death of Paul Joseph Moilanen, believed to be a transient, whom police found dead Aug. 13 at a makeshift camp behind a U.S. Army Reserve Center, police spokeswoman Sarah Huntley said.
Boulder County Coroner Thomas Faure had been consulting with pathologists and waiting for toxicology test results until Friday when he announced his investigation was complete – and ruled this a homicide.
“We do not have any suspect information at this point,” Huntley said.
Moilanen had no address and his relatives live outside Colorado, she said.
The police seek anyone with information about this crime. Anonymous tips can be sent via 800-222-8477, 800-444-3776 or
