The 32 people indicted in what the Colorado Attorney General’s Office has dubbed Operation #GoldenGofer (and yes, the hashtag is something the AG office has requested that the media use in reference to the case) hardly look like a group of criminals. Indeed, the collection of photos on view below…
Last December, we reported about the critical injury suffered by Denver Police Officer John Adsmit while working crowd-control duty at an East High School student walkout over events in Ferguson, Missouri. Christopher Booker, the man behind the wheel of the vehicle that struck Adsit, said the accident took place as a…
Yesterday, as part of our continuing coverage into the attack on Michelle Wilkins, who was seven-months pregnant when her baby was cut from her womb, allegedly by Dynel Lane, we were able to pass along some good news: Wilkins had been released from the hospital. A few hours after the…
Earlier this week, we told you about the third homicide on a single Aurora block over a six-month period. Last night, a disturbingly similar incident took place, but with an even smaller time frame. Two shootings happened on a block in Denver within minutes of each other. The two victims…
A few weeks ago, we told you about Kelly Mae Myers, a Grand Junction-area high school student whose body was discovered in Cactus Park two-months-plus after she was first reported missing. Now, disturbing new details have emerged about the case. We now know that Myers’s body was found stuffed in…
The photo above captures the beautiful smile of six-year-old Alexis Case, known by those close to her as “AJ.” Unfortunately, the image currently appears on a GoFundMe.com page created to raise money for her funeral expenses. Alexis died after her uncle, Danny Case, hit her with a truck. Case, who’s facing…
There’s been a rash of violence in the metro area in recent days, including the attack on Michelle Wilkins, whose unborn baby was cut from her womb, and the third homicide on one Aurora block in six months. But few crimes have been as mysterious as the one that took…
Once again, violence has struck the 1400 block of Lima Street, which at this point has to be in the running for a dubious honor: It could be the most dangerous stretch of Aurora. In the latest incident, one man is dead and another is in custody after a…
The attack in Longmont of Michelle Wilkins, who was seven-months pregnant when her unborn baby was cut from her womb, allegedly by Dynel Lane, has impacted people in Colorado and across the country. Last night, a candlelight vigil for Wilkins attracted hundreds of attendees. Meanwhile, a GoFundMe page created to raise…
Last July, we told you about the arrest of Donald Shores in an ultra-disturbing cold-case sex assault. The incident took place in 1994, and the victim, who was 67 at the time of the attack, died in 2000. But Shores will belatedly pay for the crime. A jury has now…
Will Dynel Lane be charged with murder for the death of a seven-month fetus that authorities say she cut from a pregnant woman’s womb? That may depend on the results of an upcoming autopsy. District attorney Stan Garnett said at a press conference on Thursday that his office will be…
The shocking story of Dynel Lane, who’s accused of cutting a pregnant woman’s unborn child from her womb, has a connection to Craigslist. The victim in the case is said to have responded to Lane’s Craigslist post advertising baby clothes for sale. This is hardly the first time we’ve covered…
The rash of violence in the metro area — including four homicides in Denver over the weekend, three of which are said to be gang-related — continued last night. The location in the latest case was Longmont. The time was late last night. What happened? A woman was critically stabbed — and…
In November 2012, we published a post entitled DID DENVER POLICE DELAY GIVE CHRISTOPHER PEREA TIME TO KILL LORETTA BARELA? Two years later, Barela’s family issued a lawsuit making just such a claim — and the assertions about 911 botches were reinforced by an amended complaint filed days ago. Now, audio of…
Within a day or two after Toni Henthorn fell to her death while hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park, the whispers started in her Highlands Ranch neighborhood. They spread through Cherry Hills Community Church, which she’d attended with her husband, Harold, and their nine-year-old daughter, Hayley, and eventually reached the…
The Colorado Supreme Court sided with the Colorado Department of Corrections this week in squelching a long-simmering, convoluted debate over whether the state isn’t properly calculating credits that take time off inmates’ sentences. It’s a decision that reinforces the status quo, saves one of the state’s largest bureaucracies from untold…
Back in 2013, we told you about claims of an inadequate defense for Dale Eaton, whose rape and murder of Denver-based Lisa Kimmel, nicknamed “Lil Miss,” was one of the most brutal and shocking crimes of its era. Since then, Eaton’s original death sentence was overturned. But rather than allowing…
Yesterday, we told you about four Denver homicides that took place during three separate incidents. First came two slayings in the Lowry neighborhood. That was followed by a homicide on Pontiac Street. Only a killing on Race Street for which a suspect is in custody hasn’t been tied to gang violence…
It was one of the most bizarre and frightening crimes of 2013. And now, Shaun Tobelmann could be sentenced to more than 100 years behind bars after being found guilty of attempted murder times seven and more. We’ve got the details about a bizarre police standoff in downtown Denver, as…
We’ve already told you about two fatal shootings that took place on Sunday. The first happened in the Lowry neighborhood outside an apartment complex where a party was taking place. The incident left two men dead. The second happened last night at a residence near the intersection of Pontiac Street…
A short time ago, we told you about a shooting outside a Lowry apartment complex that left two men dead. A shockingly violent act — and hardly the only one that took place in Denver on Sunday. Last night, another shooting took place at a private residence. A man is…
It’s sadly predictable that the return of warm weather frequently brings with it shocking violence. That was certainly the case in Denver this weekend. Four people were killed in three separate incidents. The first of those took place in the Lowry area. The first official word from the Denver Police…
