Tag: Strangulation
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Appeals court overturns Denver strangulation conviction for improper expert testimony
Colorado’s second-highest court reversed a Denver man’s assault conviction on Thursday, finding an expert’s testimony about the potential risks of strangulation had no bearing on the facts of the case. Phillip L. Bauereiss and the victim got into an argument. Jurors heard that Bauereiss allegedly took a dog leash and wrapped it around the victim’s…
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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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Colorado Springs woman, 23, beaten and strangled, autopsy finds
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado Springs woman who died last fall after being found unresponsive at an Ivywild motel was beaten and strangled, police said Wednesday in reporting the city’s record-tying 38th homicide of the year. An autopsy determined that Elena Alinj, 23, died after an assault at…
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Colorado Springs woman, 23, beaten and strangled, autopsy finds
A Colorado Springs woman who died last fall after being found unresponsive at an Ivywild motel was beaten and strangled, police said Wednesday in reporting the city’s record-tying 38th homicide of the year. An autopsy determined that Elena Alinj, 23, died after an assault at the Sun Springs Motel, 1411 Nevada Ave. Her death matches…