The Man Eater of Colorado chews his way through his companions. Was it murder--or survival? 

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Harold Schecter. Fiend: The Shocking True Story of America’s Youngest Serial Killer.

Kellen. Denver Public Library. https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/new-alferd-packer-papers

Dick Kreck. https://www.denverpost.com/2017/10/15/denver-post-polly-pry-reporter/

Sandy Dexter. Museum of Colorado Prisons. https://prisonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/March-2018-Newsletter.pdf

Stephanie Butzer. The Denver Channel (really good article). https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/bone-appetit-the-story-of-alferd-packer-colorados-most-infamous-yet-beloved-cannibal

Richard Dahl. FindLaw. https://blogs.findlaw.com/legally_weird/2019/10/is-it-legal-to-eat-human-flesh.html

Lewisburg Chronicle, Greeley Daily Tribune, Hays Free Press. https://www.newspapers.com/image/25084788/?terms=alferd%20packer%20days%20boulder&match=1

https://www.littletongov.org/my-littleton/littleton-history/biographies/packer

https://www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/digital-colorado/colorado-histories/beginnings/alferd-packer-notorious-cannibal/

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https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/packer-alfred.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alferd_Packer

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2522