Tag: Laura Voepel
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Club Q shooter’s mother living in Florida presents problems for court ordered mental health treatment
The move to Florida for the mother of convicted Club Q shooter Anderson Aldrich presents potential problems for her misdemeanor criminal case, attorneys said in court on Tuesday. Earlier this month, Laura Voepel was found to be incompetent to stand trial after mental health professionals completed a court ordered evaluation. Voepel is facing misdemeanor charges…
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Anderson Aldrich, the alleged Club Q shooter, has motions hearing vacated
The 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday that a motions hearing for alleged Club Q shooter Anderson Aldrich scheduled for Friday had been vacated. The motions hearing for Aldrich was set at an earlier hearing on March 31, where Judge Michael McHenry stated he couldn’t rule on one motion filed by the defense…
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Club Q suspect celebrated dropped charges with visit to shooting range
When a kidnapping and felony menacing case against Anderson Aldrich was dismissed Aug. 11, the now-accused Club Q killer’s mother was elated. The next day, Laura Voepel took the 22-year-old to a Colorado Springs shooting range to celebrate. “He was a free man,” said his neighbor, Xavier Kraus, who related a text message from Voepel. Aldrich…
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Insight into the alleged Club Q shooter’s final months from his ‘only face-to-face friend’
Xavier Kraus’ bizarre friendship with a future accused mass shooter started with the most neighborly cliché’ — a knock on his apartment door for a borrowed cup of sugar. Just over a year later, his life has become a nightmare of attorneys, FBI agents and reporters who are counting on the Colorado Springs resident to fill…
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Anderson Lee Aldrich: A history of family travail, personal violence
During Anderson Aldrich’s 22 years, his family led a gypsy-like existence hop-scotching between California, Colorado, Texas and back to Colorado again. His grandparents, who had a big part in raising Aldrich, left him behind when they moved to Florida in fall, 2021. Records show that his life started with an early divorce followed by series…
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Club Q attack: What we know and don’t know
A week and a half after Colorado Springs’ Club Q shooting, many rumors and hundreds of local and national media reports can be confusing. The Colorado Springs and Denver Gazettes have compiled the most up-to-date, factual information on the Nov. 19-20 attack on Club Q. The following information was compiled through police reports, court appearances,…
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Club Q suspect’s mother had a past of her own
The mother of Anderson Lee Aldrich, the suspect in the Club Q shooting, has three outstanding warrants for her arrest out of California and an arson charge out of Bexar County, Texas (San Antonio). That arson charge was reduced to a lesser charge. Laura Lea Voepel, 45, was sentenced to five years of probation in…