Tag: cbi
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Father, son arrested in La Junta after allegedly menacing neighbor
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation and La Junta police arrested a father and son who barricaded themselves in their apartment after allegedly pointing a gun at a neighbor, according to a news release by the state agency. Police responded around 6:30 p.m. Thursday to the 1100 block of Raton Avenue in La Junta for a…
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Suspicious death near Ludlow Massacre Memorial Site prompts state investigation
The Las Animas County Sheriff’s Office has requested help from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation after a suspicious death near the Ludlow Massacre Memorial Site on Sunday, according to a news release by CBI. Deputies were dispatched around 1:45 p.m. to an abandoned building near the site after “a visitor” found the body of James…
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Kimberlee Singler case: Mountains of new documents introduced, judge grants defense motion
A mother accused of killing two of her children and attempting to kill a third will wait until June for a preliminary hearing after the defense’s motion was granted by Judge William Bain in an El Paso County courtroom on Monday. The attorneys for Kimberlee Singler, 37, requested that the judge continue the hearing to…
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Dismissal sought in Michael Clark’s second trial
The murder conviction of Michael Clark should be dismissed due to a 32-year delay that led to crucial evidence being lost or destroyed, a bungled police investigation and “outrageous conduct” at the state crime lab, according to defense motion filed late Friday afternoon. Clark, now 50, was convicted of first-degree murder in October 2012 in…
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Police searching for 33-year-old man last seen in Colorado Springs
Police are searching for 33-year-old Vincent Vicenti, who was last seen near Pioneer Park in Colorado Springs, according to a post on social media by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Vicenti is 5-foot-9, 135 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. The post does not state when he was last seen. Anyone with information…
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Families sue Davis Mortuary over fake cremains, discovery of bodies
A Limon woman has filed suit against the Pueblo mortuary where she alleges her father’s remains were among at least 23 others left to decay in a concealed room discovered last year. Crystal Kiniston’s March 13 breach of contract lawsuit joins that of three other families who filed suit last year against the mortuary and…
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Families sue Davis Mortuary over fake cremains, discovery of bodies
A Limon woman has filed suit against the Pueblo mortuary where she alleges her father’s remains were among at least 23 others left to decay in a concealed room discovered last year. Crystal Kiniston’s March 13 breach of contract lawsuit joins that of three other families who filed suit last year against the mortuary and…
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Families sue Davis Mortuary over fake cremains, discovery of bodies
A Limon woman has filed suit against the Pueblo mortuary where she alleges her father’s remains were among at least 23 others left to decay in a concealed room discovered last year. Crystal Kiniston’s March 13 breach of contract lawsuit joins that of three other families who filed suit last year against the mortuary and…
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Judge: CBI ordered to provide access to thousands of DNA cases
Boulder County District Judge Nancy W. Salomone on Monday ordered the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to provide access to thousands of cases where past DNA analysis could be in question or show a pattern. The ruling came in a pre-trial hearing for Michael Clark who is standing trial for a second time in a 1994…
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Missy Woods pleads not guilty; trial set for fall
The former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA expert charged with more than 100 felonies entered a plea of not guilty to all of them Wednesday in a packed Jefferson County courtroom. The plea was entered by her defense attorney Tom Ward. Yvonne Woods, who goes by the name Missy, was the state’s former top DNA…