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The Denver coroner’s office has released its list of homicides in Denver during 2012, and the total of forty is down from 47 in 2011. Indeed, 2011 saw forty homicides through the first three-quarters of that year, while 25 took place during the initial nine months of 2012. But that means the last three months of 2012 were its bloodiest quarter, with fifteen homicides taking place — five of them at Fero’s Bar & Grill on a single night in October.
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The post below documents all forty homicides in descending order, including Ryan Haldeman, whose photo is seen above, along with coroner’s office descriptions of the victims and information about the time, place and cause of death. Every listing with a location also includes an interactive graphic showing the scene of the crime; if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map.”
In addition, names in blue feature links to Westword‘s original coverage. For last year’s list, visit, “24 Denver homicides in 2011 through June: See where they happened.”
Levi Carter
Black, male, 48
6:45 p.m. December 15
No location listed
Seizure disorder due to assault
Demetrius Cruz
Hispanic, male, fifteen
4:48 a.m. December 15
West Bates Avenue and South Depew Street
Gunshot wounds (2) of back
Hispanic, female, 44
8:29 a.m. November 18
No location listed
Pending tox
White, male, 38
6:14 a.m. November 10
900 Auraria Parkway
Multiple gunshot wounds
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Black, male, 47
1:48 a.m. November 4
1100 block of Lincoln Street
Gunshot wound of trunk
White, male, 28
2:44 a.m. November 2
1300 block of Pennsylvania Street
Multiple stab wounds of chest
White, female, 49
6:44 p.m. October 24
7005 East Leetsdale Drive, Building A #77
Stab wounds (2) of chest
White, female, 22
White, female, 44
Asian, female, 63
White, male, 29
White, female, 45
Time of death for all five victims: 4:50 a.m. October 17
Place of death for all five victims: 351 South Colorado Boulevard (Fero’s Bar & Grill)
Cause of death for all five victims: Multiple stab wounds.
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Male, Hispanic, 29
9:07 p.m. October 16
1523 West Cedar Avenue
Multiple gunshot wounds
Male, white, 21
6:35 p.m. October 3
4567 Biscay Street
Multiple gunshot wounds
Male, white, 24
9:48 p.m. September 8
1160 South Navajo Street
Gunshot wound of chest
Christopher Bates
Male, black, 28
2:38 p.m. September 3
No address listed
“Pending further studies.”
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Female, Hispanic, twenty
4:48 p.m. August 10
1497 Knox Court
Gunshot wound of chest
Male, white, 22
12:10 p.m. July 31
6300 East 39th Avenue
Multiple gunshot wounds
Matthew Chaikin
Male, white, 56
12:15 p.m. July 7
71 East Yale Ave., Denver, CO
Blunt force injury to head and neck
Female, black, 32
8:35 p.m. June 24, 2012
1700 block of York Street
Gunshot wound of the head
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Male, Hispanic, 27
6:19 a.m. June 16, 2012
1065 South Quivas Street
Multiple gunshot wounds
Male, white, 59
7:19 a.m. May 26, 2012
5015 West Alaska Place, Denver
Gunshot wound to the head
Male, black, thirty
2:15 p.m. May 25, 2012
2232 Bruce Randolph Avenue, Denver
Multiple gunshot wounds
Male, black, 21
2:15 p.m. May 25, 2012
2200 block of Bruce Randolph Avenue, Denver
Gunshot wounds (two) of the back
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Male, black, 24
12:50 a.m. May 9, 2012
13390 East 55th Avenue, Denver
Gunshot wound to the thorax
Female, Hispanic, 43
7:51 a.m. April 28, 2012
327 South Bryant Street
Multiple stab wounds
Male, Hispanic, 22
9:48 p.m. April 16, 2012
5125 Chambers Road, Denver
Gunshot wound to the back
Male, Hispanic, seven
4:30 p.m. April 3, 2012
139 South Bryant Street, Denver
Shotgun wound of the chest
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Male, black, 25
5 a.m. April 1, 2012
29th and Sheridan Boulevard, Denver
Gunshot wound to the back
Jonathan Frost
Male, white, 42
8:10 a.m. March 30, 2012
5095 East Donald Avenue
Probable seizure due to traumatic brain injury
Male, Hispanic, eighteen
No location listed, but crime reportedly took place on the 1300 block of Knox Court
Gunshot wound to the neck
Male, black, eighteen
3:05 p.m. March 19, 2012
East 29th Avenue and Franklin Street
Gunshot wound of the chest
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Male, black, 29
Colfax and Pearl Street
3:10 a.m. March 18, 2012
Gunshot wound of the head
Male, black, 55
5:10 p.m. March 10, 2012
2101 Franklin Street
Gunshot wound of the torso
George deCurnou
Male, white, 56
1331 Niagara Street
7:34 a.m. March 9, 2012
Complications of penetrating neck injury and blunt trauma to head
Justin Martinez
Male, Hispanic, 24
12:22 p.m. February 16, 2012
No location listed
Pending for toxicology and histology.
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Male, black, nineteen
9:37 p.m. February 14, 2012
Near 5434 East 36th Avenue
Gunshot wound of the chest
Michael Williams
Male, black, 45
2:37 a.m. February 9, 2012
3469 West 9th Avenue
Multiple gunshot wounds
Pete Cisneros Jr.
Male, Hispanic, 21
2:13 p.m. January 8, 2012
1465 Winona Court #1
Probable seizure due to closed head injury
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