In November 2011, we told you about the murder of Thomas Bashline, a sometime trainer for the Harlem Globetrotters. Just under a year later, Draton Mares, 24, has been convicted of first-degree murder in the crime, which took place after a relationship that began more than a year earlier with…
Update: Robert Sigg, father of Austin Reed Sigg, the teenager accused of kidnapping and killing Jessica Ridgeway, a ten-year-old Westminster girl, has found himself in the spotlight since his son’s arrest, with attention turning to the contrast between his media mogul credentials and a hefty criminal record; see our original…
As the metro area’s attention was riveted on the bust of Austin Reed Sigg for the kidnapping and killing of Jessica Ridgeway, Denver police officers were quietly making an arrest in another area homicide. The latter incident involved a woman who was allegedly stabbed to death by Mike Burnette, 55,…
Update: We’re learning more about Austin Reed Sigg, seventeen, busted yesterday in the kidnapping and killing of Jessica Ridgeway, a ten-year-old Westminster girl who vanished en route to school on October 5 and was found dead the following week. Revelations thus far involve an interest in criminal investigation, references to…
In September, prosecutors in the James Holmes case filed a notice in court about a complicated situation they believed they’d fixed. A witness in the case who knew Holmes from the University of Colorado agreed to let police download texts Holmes sent from her iPhone. (The witness’s name is redacted…
In February, we shared the story of Michael Clark, accused of killing Boulder official Marty Grisham in 1994, but not charged until earlier this year. The case was hardly a slam dunk, since it was largely based on circumstantial evidence. But the prosecution has earned a first-degree murder conviction anyhow…
Since the kidnapping and murder of Jessica Ridgeway, a ten-year-old Westminster girl, the number of reports about metro-area abduction attempts has risen sharply. The latest is info out of Aurora — and while police don’t believe it’s connected to the Ridgeway case (unlike a May jogger attack), the details remain…
As the Jessica Ridgeway case continues its transition from a missing persons case to a search for her kidnapper and killer, the online community that’s sprung up to support the family of the ten-year-old Westminster girl is undergoing changes as well, with a new Facebook page becoming an online gathering…
After an incredibly deadly week marked by the quintuple homicide at Fero’s Bar & Grille and the arrest of Ari Misha Liggett for the dismemberment murder of his mom, metro-area residents deserved a violence-free weekend. But no: Late Friday night, gunfire broke out in Littleton, reportedly killing Devon Flores, an…
This week’s feature, “Lethal Election,” explores how the race for district attorney in the 18th Judicial District has drawn a national spotlight because the winner will have to decide whether to pursue the death penalty in prosecuting James Holmes, the suspect in the Aurora theater shootings. It’s a hot topic,…
Lawyers on both sides of the James Holmes case will meet on October 25 as scheduled, but the bulk of their agenda will be postponed, Arapahoe County District Court Judge William Sylvester ruled today. Attorneys for the accused Aurora theater shooter asked to delay the hearing to have more time…
Yesterday, we told you about the startling case of Ari Misha Liggett, who was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder after the dismembered remains of a woman were found in the backseat of his car; see our previous coverage below. Now, the victim has been positively identified as Beverly Liggett,…
Denver homicides during 2012’s first three-quarters dramatically declined as compared to last year, especially in the months of July, August and September. There were five during that three-month period — the same number as took place during a single burst of violence at Fero’s Bar & Grill on Wednesday. But…
Update: The Denver Police Department has released mug shots of Dexter Lewis, Joseph Hill and Lynell Hill, the three men suspected of killing five people at Fero’s Bar & Grill early Wednesday morning and then setting the business on fire. We’re also getting a closer look at the victims –…
This week’s cover story, “Lethal Election,” reports on one of the most keenly fought local contests in Colorado this fall, the race for district attorney in the state’s largest judicial district. Since Carol Chambers is term-limited, the winner in the 18th District (which includes Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties)…
Antoine Wallace was in the midst of serving a 218-month sentence at the United States Penitentiary in Florence when he stood before a judge earlier this month. Now, he’ll be behind bars for a lot longer. The 39-year-old career criminal has been sentenced to another sixty years in a horrific…
What with the shocking quintuple murder at Fero’s Bar & Grill and the discovery of Ari Misha Liggett with a dismembered body in his car, the violence in the metro area has been off the charts. This may explain the relatively little attention paid thus far to yet another Denver…
Prosecutors in the James Holmes case can access Holmes’s application to the University of Colorado, documents relating to his withdrawal from the neuroscience program just weeks before the Aurora theater shooting and campus police records they say they “probably” have, Arapahoe County District Judge William Sylvester has ruled…
James Holmes’s lawyers are asking to postpone a hearing set for October 25 because they need more time to prepare. One of the main reasons given for this request involves the amount of time it takes to deal with media requests that additional information be made public…
Last month, three survivors of the Aurora theater shooting filed lawsuits against Cinemark, owner of the Century 16, where the July 20 massacre took place. Cinemark has filed to dismiss these claims — but another has just arrived. Marc Bern, whose New York law firm has won a big settlement…
Eric Decker had some ups and downs in the Broncos’ win over the Chargers last night — catching a sure touchdown pass before inexplicably falling down, and later scoring a TD in an impressive act of will. But he’s familiar with emotional swings, having lived through a school shooting –…
Today’s nominee in the tightly contested “Worst Friend Ever” category is Alan Glen Smith, who has a very good chance of a hefty stretch in the hoosgow for one of the creepiest schemes in recent memory. The plan is said to have involved drugging a pal so that he could…
