Tag: Colorado Bureau Of Investigation
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9 more bodies ID’d from Davis Mortuary; 6 remain unidentified
Nine additional bodies allegedly found improperly stored by then-Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter and his brother have been identified with DNA analysis, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced Wednesday. A total of 18 bodies of people who died between 2010 and 2012 have been identified by Dr. Gregory Grahek, Cotter’s replacement as coroner, and Fremont…
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Costilla County sheriff, 4 deputies indicted in abuse of a corpse, assault cases
Two grand juries in the 12th Judicial District indicted five members of the Costilla County Sheriff’s Office in separate cases on Thursday involving improperly collecting remains and assaulting a citizen. Former Costilla County Sheriff Danny Sanchez and former Deputy Keith Schultz faced indictments after allegedly putting human remains into a paper bag, leaving some behind…
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Douglas County approves DA’s participation in regional forensic lab
Douglas County Commissioners voted unanimously to formalize the 23rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office’s participation in the Unified Forensic Laboratory. The UFL provides DNA analysis and other laboratory services to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, Aurora Police Department, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and Colorado’s 18th Judicial District. Under the agreement approved March 10, the DA’s office, which…
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State audit: Rape kit backlog reduced but more work needed to hit goal
In the past year, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation has slashed the time it takes to process DNA collected in sexual assault cases, but the agency still is far short of its turnaround goal, the state auditor reported on Wednesday. While praising the progress made in the past year, the audit showed that the 190…
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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…
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Man at Keystone Resort dies in police custody after traffic stop
A man wanted on three outstanding warrants died soon after police arrested him at Keystone Resort on Monday. The 43-year-old man, who police are not currently publicly identifying, died an hour after he was placed into handcuffs around 1:15 p.m. Monday, despite refusing medical attention, according to a Tuesday news release from the Colorado Bureau…
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Former CBI DNA expert Missy Woods plea delayed again
The case against Yvonne Woods, the state’s former top DNA scientist at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s forensic lab, was pushed back again Tuesday with an arraignment for her to enter a plea now scheduled for Feb. 11. The court case will have stretched a year next month. Woods, who goes by Missy, is at…
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Douglas County police, DEA find record-breaking amount of fentanyl in storage unit
A Douglas County man got more than he bargained for when purchasing an abandoned storage unit last week — nearly 2 million fentanyl pills. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, along with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division (RMFD) and Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), seized a record-breaking amount of fake fentanyl pills…
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Judge tosses request for JonBenet murder investigative materials
Boulder County District Judge Nancy Woodruff Salomone on Tuesday rejected a subpoena by Michael Clark’s defense attorney that sought the first 48 hours of police investigative records in the infamous 1996 murder of JonBenet Ramsey. Clark, 50, is facing a second trial in the 1994 murder of Marty Grisham. His lawyer earlier this month sought…
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Colorado Bureau of Investigation to review death of Hunter S. Thompson
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is conducting a case review into the death of journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, according to a news release by the agency on Tuesday. The review was suggested by his widow, Anita Thompson, and will provide an independent perspective into the original investigation that ruled his death a suicide.…