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• Mom drops 100 pounds, wins state bodybuilding competition Play Video

  May 7, 2013 10:01 AM

  A Colorado Springs woman makes an inspiring journey to becoming a body building champion. The 46-year-old mom just won the state's natural body building competition after overcoming a huge obstacle. Pam Brown hits the gym every morning at 4:00 am, before she gets her kids off to school and... more »

• Corpse found in apartment with man and dog still living there

  October 29, 2012 2:43 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Police are investigating the death of a 32-year-old woman whose body was found slumped in a couch in an apartment with her still living husband and dog nearby. KMGH-TV reports Monday that that officers responded to the apartment on a report of a foul smell on Oct.... more »

• Body of man killed by rockslide recovered

  August 28, 2012 1:16 PM

  ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Rescuers have recovered the body of a Connecticut man killed by a rockslide on Hagerman Peak near Snowmass Mountain. The Aspen Times said the body of 24-year-old Rob Jansen of New Canaan, Conn., was recovered on Monday by a National Guard helicopter from the High-Altitude Army... more »

• Toddler body found in closet

  August 22, 2012 8:40 PM

  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - As a 2-year-old girl lay dead in the closet of a South Dakota home, another child invited two young neighbors over to take a look. Police allege the adults in the home were binging on drugs and didn't call 911 until 14 hours later. Twenty-one-year-old... more »

• Yasser Arafat's body to be exhumed

  July 9, 2012 5:51 AM

  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - A top aide says Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has given his permission to exhume the remains of his predecessor, Yasser Arafat. The decision came days after a Swiss institute found elevated traces of a radioactive agent reportedly on Arafat's belongings, reviving speculation the legendary Palestinian... more »

• Divers recover body of boy gone missing while tubing

  July 5, 2012 5:45 AM

  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Authorities have recovered the body of a 12-year-old boy who went missing while tubing on the Colorado River. Richard Irving Buchanan's body was pulled from the river Wednesday afternoon after it was spotted by a passing motorist on Interstate 70 near mile marker 107. That's... more »

• Body of missing baby found in trunk

  June 1, 2012 5:03 PM

  A 1-month-old baby was found dead today in the trunk of a car in Florida. His father has been taken into custody. Coral Springs police officers say they found Josiah Saintil dead, hours after an Amber Alert had been issued. His father, 24-year-old Janus Saintil, was being held.... more »

• Cops find charred body in CA home after standoff

  April 13, 2012 7:36 PM

  MODESTO, Calif. (AP) - Police say they've found a body inside the fire-gutted California home where a suspect had barricaded himself after fatally shooting two people. Modesto police spokesman Chris Adams says the body was found Friday in the rubble of the home, where a raging fire had broken out... more »

• Police search landfill for missing baby

  April 13, 2012 4:33 PM

  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) - Commerce City police and the FBI are searching a landfill for the body of a missing 7-month-old boy after the mother was charged with child abuse resulting in death. Twenty-two-year-old Sharrieckia Page was formally advised of the charge on April 4. Commerce City police started... more »

• Searchers find body of runner Micah True in NM

  April 1, 2012 12:24 AM

  Searchers have found the body of renowned long-distance runner Micah True, who vanished four days ago after going for a run near New Mexico's Gila National Forest. New Mexico State Police Lt. Robert McDonald says True's body was found Saturday in a remote area of the Gila Wilderness. The Boulder... more »

• "I hid the body - now what?" Teen's prank backfires

  March 15, 2012 6:53 AM

  ROGERS, Ark. (AP) - A northwest Arkansas teenager thought it would be funny to text a random phone number saying she hid a body, but the joke backfired. Of all the local phone numbers she could have chosen, the 15-year-old Rogers girl picked one that belonged to a police detective.... more »

• Seventh body found from wrecked cruise ship

  January 17, 2012 7:39 AM

  A seventh body has been recovered from the wrecked cruise ship that ran aground over the weekend. A Dutch extraction firm says it will take between two to four weeks to safely remove the oil from the ship off Italy's Tuscan coast. The firm Smit, of Rotterdam, Netherlands,... more »

• Teller County Sheriff's Office investigating the discovery of a body

  October 15, 2011 4:58 PM

  Teller County Sheriff's Office has confirmed with KOAA News 5 that they are investigating the discovery of a body in the Flourissant area of Teller County. The Sheriff was not readily available for interview or to offer any insight or statement but would contact media as soon as possible.... more »

• Body on Bison Peak believed to be missing teacher

  August 21, 2011 11:07 AM

  DENVER (AP) - A body discovered Saturday on Bison Peak in Park County is believed to be a missing teacher from Englewood. The Denver Post reports that relatives of 44-year-old Frank Stanley were told Saturday of the discovery. Stanley set out to climb the 12,431-foot peak on July 25.... more »

• Rafter's body found

  August 17, 2011 8:21 AM

  Rescuers have found the body of a man believed to have drowned while rafting on the Colorado River. The Mesa County Sheriff's Office had trouble recovering the body, which was snared to a tree. According to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports , the Grand Junction Fire Department... more »

• Body found in submerged car

  August 14, 2011 8:57 PM

  AULT, Colo. (AP) - Authorities pulled the body of a person from a car found submerged in a pond near Ault. The Colorado State Patrol says it's unclear how long the vehicle had been in the water when a trooper spotted it early Saturday. Authorities saw the body of the... more »

• Body of missing girl found

  August 2, 2011 8:25 AM

  STEWARTSTOWN, N.H. (AP) - Investigators hope an autopsy on an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl sheds more light on her disappearance and death. An autopsy on Celina Cass of Stewartstown is scheduled for Tuesday. Celina's body was recovered from the Connecticut River on Monday about a week after the... more »

• Fremont County Coroner confirms ID of body found in Arkansas River

  July 21, 2011 2:49 PM

  The Fremont County Coroner has confirmed with News First 5 that the body of Michael Ruggiere was recovered from the Arkansas River after it was discovered by rafters in an area described as hard to reach earlier this week. Ruggiere's family has been notified and the Coroner's office states... more »

• Body found in Weld County

  July 11, 2011 8:46 AM

  LOCHBUIE, Colo. (AP) - Investigators on horseback have combed a Weld County area where a body was found Saturday. Investigators say 30-year-old Armando Mata-Magellanes of Commerce City was found dead near train tracks along Interstate 76 between Lochbuie and Hudson. He'd been shot, and his body was spotted by... more »

• UPDATE: Body found in NW Colorado Springs, probable suicide

  July 10, 2011 12:39 PM

  Following our earlier report on a body that had been found in NW Colorado Springs in the 2100 Block of Chuckwagon Road, KOAA News 5 has learned that Colorado Springs Police Investigators believe that the man found had died of a probable suicide. The El Paso County Coroner's Office... more »

• Update: Body found in Pueblo West

  July 6, 2011 11:27 PM

  Investigators are looking in to a suspicious death after an unknown woman's body was found near the side of the road in Pueblo West. Sheriff's deputies were called to a field on E. Platteville Blvd. near Winona Dr. in Pueblo West just after 2:30 Wednesday afternoon after a passing driver... more »

• Investigators work to identify body found in South Denver Park

  April 3, 2011 11:32 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Police say a body found by two Denver teens was a male in his late teens or early 20s, but investigators haven't determined his name or the cause of death. Police spokesman Sonny Jackson says the body was found in Denver's Ruby Hill Park on Friday. The... more »

• Body found in brief case

  April 1, 2011 6:43 PM

  Our partners at 9News report that a body was found inside a brief case or container this afternoon. Two teenagers found the body at Ruby Hill Park around 1:15. According to Police spokesman Sonny Jackson the remains were found on top of a hill near South Raritan Street and... more »

• Two found dead in Douglas County home

  February 23, 2011 1:11 PM

  Douglas County Deputies say two adults were found dead in a home this morning southwest of Castle Rock when officers responded to a call for a welfare check. Ron Hanavan, a spokesperson with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, says deputies were called to a home in the 2400 block... more »

• Man found in canal may have been a transient

  February 14, 2011 7:18 PM

  Pueblo County Coroner Jim Kramer says a man found in a canal in downtown Pueblo this afternoon appears to be a transient. The body was discovered by a couple of fishermen around 3 o'clock this afternoon. He was face down in the water channel that comes from the Pueblo... more »

• Update: body found in Pueblo

  February 14, 2011 6:07 PM

  Police in Pueblo are investigating the discovery of a dead body, found partially submerged in the water east of the Riverwalk. The man was found just after 3 p.m. by two local fishermen near Santa Fe and Grand near a bridge called Faye's Crossing. Police say it appears the... more »

• Report: Body found at Lake Minnequa

  January 27, 2011 10:58 AM

  Pueblo Police and Fire Department rescuers are at Lake Minnequa, where a body has reportedly been discovered. NewsFirst5 has a crew at the scene. We will publish more information when it becomes available. more »

• Skull identified

  January 25, 2011 7:20 PM

  Investigators have confirmed a skull found in rugged terrain north of Canon City belongs to a woman who was murdered. The Teller County Coroner says the skull belongs to Rebecca Magallenes, 44, who disappeared after her shift ended at St. Thomas More Hospital in Canon City in November of... more »

• Coroner: Body is Mindy Lee

  December 1, 2010 9:13 PM

  The Teller County Coroner says a body found earlier Wednesday in Woodland Park is that of Mindy Lee a mother of two from Manitou Springs. Lee was reported missing on Friday the 26th in the area near Woodland Park High School. Officers found her body this morning east of... more »

• Accused killer in Fremont County not competent to stand trial

  November 22, 2010 7:48 PM

  A man accused of killing his girlfriend and dismembering her body is headed to the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo. On Monday, John Paul Williams was found incompetent to stand trial in the murder of Rebecca Magallanes. News First 5 talked with the victim's brother and sister-in-law who are... more »

• Storm hampers recovery of body of Denver climber

  November 21, 2010 4:34 PM

  ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) - A winter storm is hampering efforts by crews trying to recover the body of an ice climber killed in a fall in Rocky Mountain National Park. Park spokeswoman Kyle Patterson says the Denver man died in a fall Saturday on the All Mixed... more »

• Body Found in Car Outside of Jail in Arapahoe Co

  October 31, 2010 4:54 PM

  LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) - Deputies in suburban Denver found a dead body in the trunk of a car parked outside the jail and arrested the driver on a murder charge. The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Department says 40-year-old Robert L. Johnson of Byers went to the jail Saturday to surrender on... more »

• Man convicted of killing wife, though body never found

  October 27, 2010 1:04 PM

  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A 68-year-old New York jeweler has been convicted of killing his wife by incinerating her in an oil drum. The verdict Wednesday came in Werner Lippe's second murder trial. His first trial ended in February with a hung jury. Prosecutors were hampered by the... more »

• Body dumped in ravine identified

  October 26, 2010 10:32 AM

  FORT COLLINS (AP) - Authorities say a woman found dead in a wooded area in northern Colorado is a 57-year-old Fort Collins woman reported missing earlier this month. The Larimer County sheriff's office said Monday that the body of Kathy Adams was found Saturday in a ravine along U.S.... more »

• Police arrest suspect in Monument Creek body case

  October 8, 2010 4:10 PM

  Colorado Springs Police made an arrested in the stabbing death of a transient, whose body was discovered in Monument Creek Tuesday. Salvador Jose Perez, 38, is being held on a charge of First Degree Murder. No additional arrests are expected. The victim was Christopher Evan Allen, 20. ... more »

• Another death may be linked to Colorado serial killer

  September 15, 2010 1:19 PM

  A man who pleaded guilty to killing four people has reportedly been investigated as a suspect in the 2004 slaying of a woman in Westminster. Catrina Powell's body was found dumped behind a strip mall. Sister-in-law Dachelle Powell said a detective involved in the case told her Scott... more »

• Storm death toll at 8 after 2 more bodies found

  September 15, 2010 10:10 AM

  The death toll from flooding caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine has reached eight after two more bodies were found in Texas. One body was identified Tuesday as that of Jennifer Ring of Austin. The mother of two children had been missing since swift water swept her... more »

• Body found at Air Force Academy identified

  September 9, 2010 1:43 PM

  A man found dead at the U.S. Air Force Academy appears to have no connection to the school. A spokesman for the Air Force Academy says the man was discovered dead Wednesday morning near Kettle Lake. The spokesman says an investigation is under way but that the man is... more »

• Body discovered last week has been identified

  September 7, 2010 6:47 PM

  Colorado Spring Police have identified the man found in Monument Creek near Van Buren and Beacon a week ago today. The body of 37-year old Steve Gallegos from Colorado Springs was found early in the morning by a woman walking her dog. Because of the condition of the body,... more »

• Exercise counters DNA in obesity study

  September 1, 2010 1:45 PM

  Even if obesity is in your DNA, exercise can help. British researchers studied over 20,000 people, determining their genetic risk of obesity. Those who had the most genetic variants for obesity inherited from their parents, did have the highest Body Mass Index. But the at-risk people who were... more »

• Body of Las Vegas woman found in clutter at home

  August 27, 2010 1:01 PM

  A four-month search for a missing Las Vegas woman has come to an end in the unlikeliest of places: her own home. The Clark County Coroner's office said Friday that the corpse found in the clutter-filled home belongs to 67-year-old Billie Jean James. A spokeswoman says it could take... more »

• Authorities slow Arkansas River to recover body

  August 18, 2010 10:42 AM

  Authorities are slowing the flow of the Arkansas River as they try to recover the body of a missing rafting guide. Kimberly Appelson, 23, of Breckenridge was thrown from a boat near a rapid at the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area on July 11. Dogs later picked up her scent... more »

• Accused child killer in court today

  August 4, 2010 9:47 AM

  Monique Lynch, accused stuffing a little girl's lifeless body into the crawl space of a Monument home, will face a judge in Colorado Springs for the first time today. Lynch waived her right to a video advisement last week. Today, she's expected to be formally charged with child abuse... more »

• Couple accused in child's death back in Colorado

  July 26, 2010 12:01 PM

  The couple accused in the death of a little girl in Monument, whose body was stuffed in a basement crawl space, has returned to Colorado Springs. Authorities arrested Hanif Sims and Monique Lynch earlier this month in Henderson, Nevada, near Las Vegas. Genesis Sims was nine years old... more »

• Rangers recover body of backcountry Colorado skier

  July 26, 2010 8:24 AM

  Rangers have recovered the body of a backcountry skier in Rocky Mountain National Park. The National Park Service says the 40-year-old Colorado man was reported overdue on Sunday morning. He was said to be an experienced backcountry skier who planned to hike in and ski a snowfield near Finch... more »

• Manzanola residents shocked by discovery of body in pasture

  July 20, 2010 7:20 PM

  Many unanswered questions remain in the discovery of a man's body near Manzanola on Sunday. As the Otero County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate, many in this small Southern Colorado town are still dealing with the shock. "We never see this in Manzanola," says Christine Padilla, a Manzanola resident. The... more »

• Colorado Springs sex offenders probed in Wilson case

  July 13, 2010 9:03 AM

  Dozens of sex offenders have been interviewed as part of the investigation of the death of 12-year-old Kayleah Wilson. Greeley Police spokesman Joe Tymkowych told the Greeley Tribune that they're checking anybody who is a sex offender within a 100 miles of Greeley. Tymkowych told the paper their search... more »

• Body found in Colorado River near Grand Junction

  July 12, 2010 10:18 AM

  A body has been retrieved from the Colorado River west of Grand Junction. Mesa County sheriff's deputies have not released the name or gender of the victim. They say there are no indications of foul play. Rafters reported seeing the body on Sunday. A county coroner's investigator recovered... more »

• 2nd body spotted near Pennsylvania boat crash site

  July 9, 2010 11:25 AM

  A second body has been spotted in the water near the site of a collision between an amphibious tour boat and a 250-foot barge in the Delaware River. As divers began preparations to haul the sunken boat from the water Friday morning, television cameras captured the image of a... more »

• New information to be released on child's death

  July 8, 2010 9:15 AM

  El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa will release more information Thursday morning about the arrests of the father and girlfriend of a child whose body was found stuffed in the crawl space of a Monument home. Hanif Sims and Monique Lynch were taken into custody in Henderson, Nevada Wednesday... more »

• Genesis Sims attended school briefly in Monument

  July 7, 2010 1:24 PM

  Lewis Palmer School District 38 has been questioned about Genesis Sims, a little girl whose body was found stuffed in the crawl space of a home in Monument more than a year after her family moved out of the rental home. District Community Relations Manager Robin Adair has released... more »

• Authorities seek father of dead Monument child

  July 7, 2010 11:24 AM

  Two arrest warrants have been issued for the father of a little girl whose body was found in the crawl space of a Monument home on May 14. El Paso County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Lt. Lari Sevene told NewsFirst5 that Hanif Sims is wanted on charges of assault and... more »

• Man who kept body on ice for a year is deported

  July 2, 2010 1:45 PM

  Federal officials have deported a New Zealand drug dealer who kept his dead girlfriend's body on dry ice in a swanky Newport Beach hotel after she died of an overdose. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Stephen David Royds was deported June 25. The 49-year-old Royds was paroled in May after... more »

• Hearing set on Greeley sex-assault suspect's bail

  June 16, 2010 8:33 AM

  A judge has scheduled a hearing on whether to lower the bail of an 18-year-old man accused of having a sexual relationship with a missing 12-year-old Greeley girl who was later found dead. Robert Laurencio Montoya is being held instead of $100,000 bond on charges of sexual assault on... more »

• Body of man found on Rampart Range Road

  June 15, 2010 6:12 PM

  Rescuers from El Paso County Search and Rescue along with investigators from the Colorado Springs Police Department found a body this morning off Rampart Range Road. The Police Department received information Monday about a dead body, but found nothing until Tuesday. The dead person is an adult man, and... more »