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…
James Damon and Georgie Hand were reportedly partners in crime. However, they haven’t suffered the same fate. Damon was killed in an officer-involved shooting after he and Hand allegedly took a deputy and a Colorado Parks and Wildlife official hostage. Afterward, Hand was taken into custody — and she’s facing…
All crimes impact people beyond the immediate victims. Friends, family, loved ones and others even more tangentially connected can feel the effect. But the ripples from alleged offenses at schools can spread even further, as I was reminded when news broke that Steven Weigum, principal at Ute Meadows Elementary, had…
Don’t go quietly. If the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office is right, Charles Kettering not only lives by this maxim, but he’s capable of taking it to a whole new level. One that includes kicking, urination, defecation and a complete disregard for sprinkler systems. The photo gallery on Kettering’s Facebook page…
Sky Wodraska’s name suggests peace and love — but the latest offenses he’s been accused of committing are among the most hateful imaginable. They include attempted murder, assault, kidnapping and child abuse, with one of the victims being a fourteen-year-old girl who continues to fight for her life at this writing…
On January 9, Sharod Kindell, a 23-year-old Denver native who’d had repeated run-ins with the police, was shot in his vehicle and severely wounded by Denver police officer Jeffrey DiManna. Kindell’s story, which we told in “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” our February 5 cover piece, has helped inspire growing discontent…
At a time when there’s more scrutiny than ever on police shootings in metro Denver, it’s more than a little surprising how little information has been released about the killing of a man near Laredo Elementary School in Aurora. Days after the man was gunned down by officers in broad…
Whenever there’s a homicide related to marijuana, critics frequently use it as an example of how pot legalization leads to crime. This case will be more difficult to make when it comes to Lucas Johnson. The man accused of killing Edward Zimmerman, reportedly a marijuana grower in Routt County, has…
This past week wasn’t a particularly bright one for criminal justice reform advocates in Colorado, as two high-profile parolees fell under scrutiny for less-than-stellar behavior. First came a 9News report about how Joaquin Garcia, a 30-year-old man with a criminal past that includes gang activity and car theft, is currently…
