This isn't going to make you want to travel to Colorado, but every time I read a news story about it, I have to think about what they are saying.

Here's the basic news story:

Information sought in 1979 shooting death

"Pitkin County investigators are asking the public for help in finding the person or people who shot a man to death and dumped his body in the forest near Aspen 33 years ago.

Sheriff Joe DiSalvo said the remains of a man found in 1979 by mushroom pickers near Lenado 10 to 18 days after his death are those of Donald Allison, who was a month shy of his 50th birthday.

The Denver Post reported that investigators from the coroner's and sheriff's offices relied on national databases of missing persons to help identify Allison, and the FBI recently confirmed the man's identity through fingerprint analysis.

DiSalvo said "even the smallest piece of information has the potential to solve this cold-case homicide."

In other words, back in 1979, some hikers found the dead body of a 49-year old man, but they didn't know who he was. Are they saying that these 33 years later he has been identified through better technology so now they have a name for him? And now they know he was almost 50 at the time he died?

Or are they saying that back in 1979 the coroner and sheriff identified the body using national databases of missing persons, and that's how they knew he was almost 50, and finally, 33 years later, the FBI got around to analyzing his fingerprints and confirming the identity?

The authorities seem to think having the name for sure will trigger some clues so they can solve the case.

His daughter lives in Jackson, Wyoming, and she has released a statement that she doesn't want to comment in case that would interfere with the investigation. What I want to know is what did she think happened to him for all these years? The last time she saw him he was moving to northern Colorado (Fort Collins), about 7 hours away from where his body was found.

It's a mystery!