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Three years after “unofficial mayor of Windsor” was shot, task force still...

Three years after John Jacoby, described by some as the “unofficial mayor of Windsor,” was shot and killed while riding his bike outside of town, the Northern Colorado Shooting Task Force still is...

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Investigation into 1984 serial murders with hammer in Aurora and Lakewood...

Authorities have reached a critical stage in the investigation of a string of infamous rapes and murders a few days apart in 1984, including the home-invasion murders of three members of an Aurora...

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Prisoner charged with murder after DNA matches him to brutal 1984 cold case...

A 57-year-old Nevada inmate has been charged with multiple counts of murder in an infamous series of brutal attacks a few days apart in 1984 involving the home-invasion murders of three members of an...

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Ruthless hammer killer put Denver residents on edge in early 1984

A string of brutal hammer attacks stretching from a Green Mountain townhouse to the Aurora home of a young family over the span of 12 days in January 1984 terrified residents across the Denver area and...

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State law change helped link evidence in Aurora, Lakewood 1984 cold cases to...

For 34 years, two pieces of carpet and a little girl’s bed comforter held the evidence needed to solve four violent killings that haunted Aurora and Lakewood for decades. But it took time for DNA...

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Aurora woman nearly bludgeoned to death in 1984 hammer attack “elated” by...

A former flight attendant who was sexually assaulted and nearly bludgeoned to death during a spree of 1984 hammer attacks said she is “elated” that a Nevada prisoner has been identified as a suspect in...

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Jefferson County DA charges Nevada inmate in 1984 hammer killing of Lakewood...

The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office has formally charged a 57-year-old Nevada prisoner with first-degree murder and first-degree sexual assault in the 1984 hammer bludgeoning death of a...

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70-year-old suspect in Centennial cold case homicide of deputy district...

A 70-year-old suspect arrested last year in a cold case homicide, the 1999 killing of deputy district attorney Rebecca Bartee, has died in jail. FileFrom left, are Robert Williams and Rebecca Bartee....

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Family of murdered prosecutor denied justice when cold case suspect dies in...

Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler says that the family of a former prosecutor who was murdered 18 years ago was denied justice when the 71-year-old suspect died before his case went to...

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1984 Colorado hammer killer was no “criminal mastermind,” just an average...

The so-called hammer killer who fatally bludgeoned a Lakewood grandmother and three members of an Aurora family in the winter of 1984 started off as a garden variety burglar and evolved into a predator...

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39 homeless people died by homicide in Denver over the past decade. More than...

Clint Burtts was attacked during a fight near a busy downtown Denver intersection. In broad daylight. During rush hour. Burtts, who was homeless, lay on the street near the Colorado Convention Center...

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Colorado Springs police arrest man in connection with decades-old homicide

Colorado Springs police have taken one step closer to solving a decades-old cold case with the arrest of a 46-year-old man in connection with the alleged rape and killing of Mary Lynn Vialpondo, police...

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FBI specialists, anthropologists join search near Salida for bones of woman...

suppliedLaw enforcement has renewed its search for the remains of Beverly England, left, who vanished in 1980 at the age of 32. For nearly four decades, Chaffee County sheriff’s deputies took...

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Mount Shavano gives up hidden remains of Colorado woman missing since 1980...

A team of forensic anthropologists, FBI specialists and Chaffee County law enforcement officers discovered bones believed to be those of a woman missing since 1980 and relics that could explain how she...

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Commerce City police solve decades-old cold case murder

COMMERCE CITY — Investigators say they have figured out what happened to a man suspected in a fatal stabbing in suburban Denver more than two decades ago. Commerce City police said Thursday that Jerime...

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A suspected killer eluded capture for 25 years — then investigators got his...

Elena Sergie sat for the news that her family had waited a quarter-century to hear, shifting in the chair as the details of her daughter Sophie’s brutal slaying were again put into words. “The impact...

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Colorado man arrested in 1973 cold case murder of 11-year-old girl

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Investigators searched for decades for the killer of an 11-year-old girl who disappeared while walking home from summer school in a case that gripped a California seaside community....

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Westminster police seek leads in 1999 cold case triple-murder involving...

It’s been 20 years this month since three people — a 9-year-old girl, her dad, and a man who worked for him — disappeared. Westminster investigators believe the trio were murdered and their bodies...

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Colorado man tied to 1973 cold case murder of 11-year-old girl mulls fighting...

COLORADO SPRINGS — A Colorado man arrested after DNA tied him to the 1973 killing of an 11-year-old California girl has yet to decide if he will fight extradition. Newport Beach Police Department via...

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Colorado man tied to 1973 cold case murder of 11-year-old girl charged with...

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Colorado man charged with the 1973 murder of an 11-year-old girl in Southern California also faces charges of sex acts on two other girls. El Paso County Sheriff's Office via...

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