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Three years later: Parents pleading for answers about son's death Play Video
April 2, 2013 8:59 PM
It was April 2nd, 2010; eastern Pueblo County rancher Chris Spera found something on his land that he'll likely never forget. "I turned around and came back and it was a human skull," says Spera. "It seems like yesterday to me," Spera adds. "I think about it often."... more » -
Information sought in 1979 Colorado shooting death
September 23, 2012 12:29 PM
DENVER (AP) - Pitkin County investigators are asking the public for help in finding the person or people who shot a man to death and dumped his body in the forest near Aspen 33 years ago. Sheriff Joe DiSalvo says the remains of a man found in 1979 by mushroom... more » -
Man goes on trial in 1967 death of Ohio schoolgirl
August 11, 2011 1:42 PM
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Prosecutors in Ohio say DNA evidence collected four decades ago links a man to the 1967 killing of a 14-year-old girl. Testimony began Thursday in the murder trial of 75-year-old Robert Bowman. Investigators think he kept the girl captive in his basement for as long... more » -
GJ Police doubt Bundy DNA will solve 1975 case
August 6, 2011 3:15 PM
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - Police say they're doubtful that a recent discovery of the complete DNA profile of serial killer Ted Bundy will help solve the disappearance of a Grand Junction woman 36 years ago. Authorities know that Bundy was in Grand Junction that spring thanks to a... more » -
Jury convicts man in 30-year-old murder case
June 18, 2011 2:30 PM
DENVER (AP) - A 54-year-old man has been convicted of fatally stabbing a woman in Denver three decades ago. A jury convicted Roderick Elias of first-degree murder Friday after a two-week trial. The victim was 22-year-old Kristen Swanson, who was killed in October 1980. Her body was found in... more » -
New DNA machine to be used in Colo. Springs cases
March 13, 2011 4:52 PM
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado Springs homicide detectives will begin using a new DNA machine aimed at helping them identify suspects in unsolved slayings dating back to 1949. Some of the cases the detectives will be looking at have already been through DNA testing but this new machine... more » -
Boulder police get arrest warrant in cold case murder
January 14, 2011 7:35 AM
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Boulder police have obtained a warrant for the arrest of a longtime suspect in the 1983 fatal shooting of a University of Colorado student. Police said Thursday that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Thayne Smika in the slaying of Sid Wells,... more » -
Colorado Cold Case: suspect tied to 4 murders
September 14, 2010 3:40 PM
Colorado investigators say one suspect is responsible for two unsolved homicide cases involving four people in Aurora and Lakewood. Lakewood police say the Colorado Bureau of Investigation has connected the two homicide cases from 1984 through DNA evidence. Authorities plan to announce their findings during a Tuesday news conference.... more » -
2 Colorado cold case murders solved
June 15, 2010 8:39 AM
Larimer County authorities announced the resolution of two murder cases from 1982 and the arrest of one suspect. Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden said Monday that 46-year-old David Hehn of Fort Collins was arrested Monday on the charge of first-degree murder and kidnapping in the 1982 murder of a... more » -
Colorado cold case murder solved by DNA
June 11, 2010 8:33 AM
Authorities say a 28-year-old unsolved murder of an elderly Longmont woman has been solved after recent DNA testing. Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden said Tuesday that a recent DNA test tied John Agrue to the 1982 death of 94-year-old Orma Smith, a former librarian and teacher. Smith's body... more » -
Colorado arrest in cold case murder
May 11, 2010 8:18 AM
Police say a Grand Junction man has been arrested in the 1994 beating death of a Boulder man after investigators matched evidence from the crime scene with information in a national crime database. Boulder police say 42-year-old David John Trujillo was arrested Monday on second-degree murder charges in the... more » -
Colorado inmate charged in cold case
May 7, 2010 8:18 AM
A Colorado inmate serving time on a drug conviction faces charges of sexually assaulting one woman and trying to assault another 16 years ago. Denver police and the district attorney said Thursday DNA evidence led them to 38-year-old Jody Smith. Smith is accused of trying to grab a woman... more » -
DNA helps crack cold case
March 29, 2010 10:58 PM
AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Aurora police say they have filed their first homicide cold case based on DNA evidence. Police said Monday they have identified 39-year-old Kevin Lewayne McKinney as a suspect in the 1998 death of Diane Juanita Caldwell, whose body was found in a field in the... more » -
UPDATE: No justice 7 years after murder
March 17, 2010 8:02 PM
Through her tears Susie Wagner's pleading for people with information on her son's death to come forward. She tells News First 5 that she still can't drive by the murder scene without crying. She has a tough time in public places sometimes, wondering if the murderers, or accomplices, are... more » -
No justice 7 years after murder
March 17, 2010 4:11 PM
The mother of a murder victim is asking for help, as police take a new look at an old case that's bothered them. Derrick Wagner was shot and killed in a home invasion break-in on Pueblo's northside 7 years ago. Police arrested several suspects, but the case crumbled... more » -
Arrest made in Pueblo cold case murder
February 22, 2010 5:07 PM
An arrest has been made in a Pueblo murder case that went unsolved for nearly three decades. On Monday, Pueblo police announced the arrest of 58-year old Ray Cortinas for the murder of 24-year old Cheryl Valdez. The murder happened on August 31, 1982 near the intersection of Lake Ave.... more » -
Colorado cold-case murder solved
December 1, 2009 12:52 PM
Colorado authorities say a man wanted in a 32-year-old slaying in Greeley has been arrested in Florida. Weld County sheriff John Cooke says that 51-year-old Marcello Maldonado-Perez was arrested Tuesday morning at his home in Port Charlotte, Florida. He was being held without bond. Investigators say DNA taken from him... more » -
Boulder authorities identify 1954 Jane Doe
October 29, 2009 8:52 AM
Authorities have identified the remains of a woman whose mysterious death in 1954 generated headlines across Colorado and new interest in 2004 when efforts were revived to find out who she was. Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said Wednesday that the woman has been identified as 18-year-old Dorothy Gay Howard,... more »
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