Suspect in 1978 San Francisco killing arrested in Denver
SAN FRANCISCO — A man was arrested in Colorado on suspicion of killing a teenage girl in San Francisco more than four decades ago and detectives say he may be a suspect in other unsolved homicides....
View ArticleAfter 25 years, Boulder police look to new technology to crack JonBenét...
A quarter-century after JonBenét Ramsey was found dead inside her Boulder home in one of the region’s most infamous unsolved crimes, the city’s police department says it is “actively reviewing genetic...
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Bones, brains and bugs: Meet the Colorado forensic anthropologist who’s...
Diane France lugged a human brain in a bucket of formaldehyde on a rainy East Coast day, headed to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, where she planned to make a mold of the specimen. She was...
View ArticleRetrial begins in second “Hammer Killer” case based on DNA link to 1984 slaying
The retrial of Alex Ewing in a nearly 40-year-old Lakewood murder case got underway Wednesday with a familiar opening statement from the prosecution and requests by the defense for a second mistrial...
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Alex Ewing guilty in 1984 “Hammer Killer” murder of Patricia Smith
Lakewood Police DepartmentPatricia Smith (Photo courtesy of Lakewood Police Department) A second Colorado jury has convicted Alex Ewing of murder in connection with the so-called “Hammer Killer” spree...
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“Evil is locked away”: Alex Ewing receives fourth life sentence tied to 1984...
Lakewood Police DepartmentPatricia Smith (Photo courtesy of Lakewood Police Department) Patricia Smith’s family members rarely referred to her killer by name at his sentencing hearing Tuesday, instead...
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“Bone Deep,” “The Cartographers” and more mystery books to read in April
Some mysteries to read in April: Bone Deep by Charles Bosworth Jr. (Citadel Press) “Bone Deep,” by Charles Bosworth Jr. and Joel J. Schwartz (Citadel Press) In 2011, Russ Faria came home from a night...
View ArticleGov. Jared Polis agrees to review petition seeking outside DNA testing in...
Gov. Jared Polis’s office has agreed to review a new petition calling on the Colorado governor to transfer decisions involving DNA evidence in the unsolved JonBenét Ramsey case from the Boulder Police...
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Windy Point Jane Doe identified as missing Washington woman decades later,...
Susan Hoppes, a 45-year-old woman who was reported missing from Peirce County in Washington in 1993. Her remains were found in Montrose County. (CBI-Montrose County Sheriff’s Office) The Montrose...
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After 41 years and a false confession, a Colorado woman’s true killer is...
Sylvia Quayle The long search for justice in a 1981 cold-case murder in Cherry Hills, derailed first by a false confession and more recently a mistrial, ended this week with the conviction of a suspect...
View ArticleTrial begins in case of missing California college student Kristin Smart
SALINAS, Calif. — The man last seen with Kristin Smart, the college freshman who vanished from a California campus 25 years ago, is on trial more than a year after he was arrested on a murder charge...
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Judge sentences killer to life for 1981 murder in Cherry Hills Village: “You...
Sylvia Quayle Exactly 41 years to the day after Sylvia Quayle’s body was discovered in her Cherry Hills Village home, a judge sentenced her killer to life in prison. A jury convicted David Dwayne...
View ArticleJury finds Steve Pankey guilty of 1984 kidnapping, murder of Jonelle Matthews
GREELEY — A former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate was convicted Monday of kidnapping and killing a 12-year-old Greeley girl who went missing nearly 40 years ago. Jurors found Steve Pankey, 71,...
View ArticleMan gets life in killings of 2 women outside Breckenridge in 1982
DENVER — A man convicted of killing two women who disappeared near a Colorado ski resort town nearly 40 years ago after DNA testing identified him as a suspect was sentenced on Monday to two terms of...
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Former Denver Post journalist Kirk Mitchell remembered as “a dogged...
Kirk Mitchell relished making sense of a mystery. It’s no secret how the longtime Denver Post reporter earned himself the nickname Kirk “Cold Case” Mitchell following years of dedicated coverage of...
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Douglas County Sheriff’s Office looking to solve 43-year-old murder case
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit is seeking public assistance in resolving the 1981 murder of 29-year-old James “Jim” Ihm, according to a Thursday release and X post. Douglas County...
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Douglas County sheriff asks public for information in 43-year-old murder case...
Douglas County Sheriff's OfficeJames “Jim” Ihm (Courtesy Douglas County Sheriff’s Office) The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit is seeking public assistance in resolving the 1981 murder of...
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Douglas County sheriff asks public for information in 43-year-old murder case...
Douglas County Sheriff's OfficeJames “Jim” Ihm (Courtesy Douglas County Sheriff’s Office) The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit is seeking public assistance in resolving the 1981 murder of...
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Douglas County sheriff asks public for information in 43-year-old murder case...
Douglas County Sheriff's OfficeJames “Jim” Ihm (Courtesy Douglas County Sheriff’s Office) The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit is seeking public assistance in resolving the 1981 murder of...
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Douglas County sheriff asks public for information in 43-year-old murder case...
Douglas County Sheriff's OfficeJames “Jim” Ihm (Courtesy Douglas County Sheriff’s Office) The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit is seeking public assistance in resolving the 1981 murder of...
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