Tag: saguache county
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Reward increased to $10,000 for information on Saguache County homicide
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has increased the reward for anyone who can help lead to the arrest of anyone responsible for a December 2025 homicide in Saguache County. Charles William “Bill” McClure, 78, was found in his Center home off Colorado 112 on Dec. 23 when local construction workers, who were building an addition…
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10th Circuit upholds dismissal of Barry Morphew’s civil lawsuit against prosecutors, investigators
The Denver-based federal appeals court agreed on Monday that Barry Morphew, who now stands accused for a second time of murdering his wife, failed to state viable claims against the government officials involved in his first, unsuccessful prosecution. Morphew was arrested in May 2021, almost a year after his wife, Suzanne Morphew, disappeared. State prosecutors…
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$2,000 reward offered for information on Saguache County homicide: Colorado Bureau of Investigation
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Saguache County officials are offering a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons involved in the December murder of a county resident, according to a Monday news release. Charles William “Bill” McClure, 78, was found in his Center home on Dec. 23 when…
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10th Circuit agrees Saguache County jail supervisor can be held liable for detainee’s suicide
The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed on Wednesday that a jury should decide whether a Saguache County jail supervisor is liable for failing to prevent the death of a suicidal detainee. Last year, a trial judge declined to grant immunity to Capt. Kenneth Wilson for the November 2019 suicide of Jackson Maes in…
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Colorado justices, 4-3, reject defendant’s challenge to biased judge
Although the Colorado Supreme Court acknowledged on Monday that a Saguache County judge was disqualified by law from presiding over a criminal case because she briefly represented the defendant before her appointment to the bench, a majority concluded there was nothing it could do because the defense knew about the conflict and stayed silent. By…
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Colorado justices spar over need for new trial due to biased judge
When public defender Amanda C. Hopkins appeared in Saguache County District Court on April 17, 2018, her client failed to show up. The hearing was over in a matter of minutes. Records at the time did not document her brief substitution for the regular public defender assigned to the case. Three months later, Hopkins became…