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• Murder suspects begin trial this week

  January 29, 2012 8:37 PM

  This is the beginning of the end to two murder cases. In one, a tow truck driver was dragged over a mile. In the other, a body of a 7-year-old possibly buried alive beneath her home. This case, of young Genesis Sims death, has had an especially dramatic last year.... more »

• Sims will face a jury on 1st Degree Murder charge

  May 10, 2011 2:28 PM

  Reporter Zach Thaxton just got out of the courtroom in Colorado Springs where a judge ruled that Hanif Sims will face a jury on a 1st Degree Murder charge in the death of his daughter Genesis. Genesis' body was found one year ago this week in the crawl space... more »

• Prosecutors try to upgrade charges against Hanif Sims

  May 10, 2011 1:15 PM

  A hearing continues in Colorado Springs on charges against Hanif Sims. According to testimony presented in court this morning, Sims grabbed his daughter Genesis by the throat and punched her in the chest, leading to her death in December 2008. Prosecutors want to charge Sims with murder.The girl's body... more »

• Sims and Lynch plead not guilty

  December 17, 2010 4:53 PM

  Two people charged in the death of a child in Monument last year have entered a not guilty plea. Hanif Sims and Monique Lynch were bound over for trial last month. Lynch is accused of 1st Degree Murder, Sims is charged with Child Abuse Resulting in Death. This... more »

• Couple to face trial in Monument child killing

  November 5, 2010 5:47 PM

  Two former Monument residents will face trial in the death of 9-year-old Genesis Sims. Her body was found earlier this year in a crawlspace, long after her father and his girlfriend had moved away. They were arrested in Nevada in July. Hanif Sims was charged with child abuse resulting... 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 »

• Accused couple won't fight extradition to El Paso County

  July 13, 2010 7:33 PM

  The couple charged in the death of a little girl in Monument were back in court Tuesday in Nevada. Hanif Sims and Monique Lynch are being held in a Henderson jail. They were arrested last week at a motel there. The pair were back in court Tuesday and... more »

• Genesis Sims' biological mother reacts to arrests

  July 8, 2010 11:04 PM

  The biological mother of Genesis Sims gave her DNA to help identify her little girl. After learning about the death of her daughter just this week, she's devastated, as any mother would be. However, Jopetia Garretson finally got some news she wanted to hear - two arrests have been... more »

• NEW INFORMATION: Both Sims & Hanif face charges

  July 8, 2010 9:07 PM

  The El Paso County Sheriff's Office has just issued arrest warrants for Monique Lynch and Hanif Sims for Child Abuse Resulting in Death. Earlier in the day, just Lynch was to be charged. A Sheriff's spokesperson says both will be held on a bond of $500,000. Stay with... more »

• Fugitives Motel Hideout

  July 8, 2010 6:02 PM

  The fugitives, wanted in connection with the death of 9-year old Genesis Sims, were busted at a motel in Henderson, Nevada. The FBI and Police raided their room Wednesday, as suspects Monique Lynch and Hanif Sims slept. News First 5 with this first look inside their motel room,... more »

• Records at TV station led to Nevada arrest

  July 8, 2010 5:35 PM

  The El Paso County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at KRDO TV in Colorado Springs which lead them to the location of Hanif Sims and Monique Lynch. Lynch had communicated by phone and Facebook with a KRDO reporter, as well as by Facebook with News First 5. ... more »

• UPDATED: Wanted couple hid from authorities at motel

  July 8, 2010 1:26 PM

  Monique Lynch now faces charges of child abuse resulting in death, in connection with the death of Genesis Sims. Genesis was the daughter of Lynch's boyfriend, Hanif Sims. Both Sims and Lynch are in jail in Nevada. NF5 has learned the couple fled Los Angeles when they... more »

• Wanted mom seen in homeless outreach video

  May 26, 2010 1:03 AM

  The woman wanted for questioning in the case of a child's body found in Monument appears in a Union Rescue Mission video on YouTube. The El Paso County Sheriff's office is trying to find Monique Lynch and her boyfriend Hanif Sims. The couple lived in a Monument home where... more »

• Detectives following leads in Monument death

  May 21, 2010 9:11 PM

  El Paso County Detectives are looking for two people who used to live in a rental home where a girls body was found one week ago today. Monique Lynch and Hanif Sims are former tenants of the home on Century Place. Last Friday, construction crews found a body in... more »

• 9 month old abused; parents arrested

  November 12, 2009 12:15 PM

  A Colorado Springs couple has been arrested for allegedly abusing their 9-month old baby girl. Amanda Sims and Jesse Lee Kaizen, both 23, are charged with attempted first degree murder in the case. Their 9-month-old baby was taken to Memorial Hospital in July with, what police call, extensive injuries.... more »