Tag: murder
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Crime recap: 322 arrested last week in El Paso County
Colorado Springs police saw murder, domestic violence and “prank” bomb threats last week, among other offenses, with law enforcement making 322 arrests in El Paso County. From Oct. 19 to Oct. 25, the Colorado Springs Police Department posted 16 blotter entries to its public database of incidents approved for release. Here is a recap of…
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Homicide victim found near Woodlake Trailhead identified as 38-year-old
A victim of an alleged homicide on Monday has been identified as 38-year-old Jeremy Campbell, according to a news release by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies began investigating the disappearance of Campbell around 3:45 a.m. Monday, and they eventually found him deceased near the Woodlake Trailhead. Khayla Dawson, 27, was an Uber passenger…
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A jail death in Denver raises questions about intake policies — and how a man with a violent history kept getting released early
On June 30, deputies from the Denver Sheriff Department responded to an overnight call for help in the agency’s Downtown Detention Center. They found a man — later identified as 34-year-old Vincent Chacon — unresponsive in his cell, where he was pronounced dead, the police said in a news release. Police investigators later said the…
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Federal judge dismisses claim of falsified testimony against El Paso County coroner employee
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit from a man who was tried and acquitted of his girlfriend’s 2021 murder, and who subsequently accused a witness of fabricating evidence to make him seem guilty. Joseph Hunnicutt stood trial twice in El Paso County for the killing of Alison Cantrell. At the first trial in…
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Appeals court addresses defendant’s request to get property back 3 years after Supreme Court laid out process
Almost three years after the Colorado Supreme Court clarified how a convicted defendant may ask law enforcement to hand over his seized property, the state’s second-highest court found an El Paso County judge wrongly denied the man’s request to return certain items. Jurors convicted James Woo in 2018 for the murder of Julie Tureson in Colorado…
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Barry Morphew posting $3 million bond
Barry Morphew, in jail on murder charges in the death of his wife, is in the process of posting bond, his attorney confirmed. But he remains in an Alamosa County jail as he waits to be fitted for a GPS ankle monitor and to finalize details with a local bondsman. His attorney, David Beller, confirmed…
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Barry Morphew posts $3 million bond
Barry Morphew, in jail on murder charges in the death of his wife, bonded out of the Alamosa County jail Friday after securing surety on a $3 million bond. As per judge’s orders, he was fitted with a GPS ankle monitor. His attorney, David Beller, confirmed late Thursday night that “funds for the bond were…
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Suspect in Colorado Springs shooting death held in California
An arrest warrant for Brendan Briggs, 25, was obtained in connection with a shooting death in May 2024, according to news release Tuesday from Colorado Springs police. On May 1, 2024, Paul Cordova was shot and killed near Interstate 25 and South Nevada Avenue. Briggs is suspected of killing Cordova, but he is being held…
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Colorado justices say judge had no grounds to order defendant to turn over info to prosecution
The Colorado Supreme Court agreed on Monday that a trial judge had no authority to order a defendant to give the prosecution a preview of what his expert witness would say at a hearing to challenge his murder convictions. In contrast to direct appeals of criminal convictions, defendants may pursue postconviction relief in the trial courts for…
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Colorado justices say child welfare workers not required to give Miranda warning before interrogating parents
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that child welfare workers are not required to give a Miranda warning to parents before interrogating them in custody, even if the interview or the notes will later be shared with prosecutors and used against the parent at trial. Miranda warnings, named after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court…