Tag: Rape
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Toll to sexual assault survivors rises if they feel blamed and disbelieved
Natalie, a single mother, dropped off her son at daycare, went to therapy and then returned home. She swallowed a fistful of pills, washing them down with a six-pack of beer. She was ready to end her life. “I just wanted the pain to go away,” she said. Brittney Smith, an artist living in Colorado…
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Colorado rape cases rarely result in an arrest and prosecution
Authorities say they are especially difficult cases. In Colorado, most go nowhere. Over the past decade, for every 10 reports of rape, there is only one arrest. Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual violence. Kiersten May remembered a fuzziness overtake her as Saturday night slid into Sunday morning at the remote Colorado mountain campsite…
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Aurora police arrest man for allegedly sexually assaulting an infant, possessing child pornography
Warning: This article contains disturbing details about sex assault. A Colorado Springs man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting an infant and possessing thousands of pieces of child pornography, an arrest affidavit obtained by The Gazette detailed. Aaron Mocalkins, 30, faces over 20 charges including sexual exploitation of a child, sexual assault of a…
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Accusations of flawed Colorado crime lab work haunt 2003 rape conviction
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Every Saturday, the call comes in at 10:30 a.m., on the dot. Vinnie Chacon knows that’s when her 64-year-old brother James Hunter will telephone her from Colorado’s Territorial Correctional Facility in Cañon City. Hunter has been incarcerated for more than 21 years, ever since his…
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Littleton man charged with 6 sexual assault counts from over a decade ago
63-year-old Christopher Kenny Jackson was arrested in August
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Parolee with history of violent assault now charged with murder of Colorado woman
In a bid that helped him win his release from prison, Gregory Whittemore pledged in May of 2020 that sex offender treatment he’d received while incarcerated had helped him put aside the demons that prompted him to rape a worker at a Colorado Springs massage parlor and nearly kill her when he bashed her head…
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Alleged serial predator charged in Denver sexual assault
A man accused of sexually assaulting at least four people in Denver was charged Friday with 10 counts connected to a sexual assault on Nov. 28, the Denver District Attorney’s Office announced. Abiye Adamu, 31, was charged with two counts each of sexual assault with a deadly weapon, sexual assault by threat of kidnapping and…
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Serial rapist sentenced to 136 years in prison in Arapahoe County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man convicted of several rapes throughout Colorado and Kansas has been sentenced to 136 years in prison by an Arapahoe County judge, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced. Tre Carrasco, 26, was found guilty of raping a woman in Cherry Hills Village and…
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Man found guilty of raping 4 women after offering them rides home from LoDo bars
A man who targeted and raped multiple drunk women leaving bars in Lower Downtown Denver over the course of nearly two years was found guilty Wednesday. Byron Whitehorn, 52, was found guilty of eight counts of sexual assault against four women, according to the Denver District Attorney’s Office. The jury deliberated for five hours before…
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Trial starts for former Lakewood officer accused of sexually assaulting woman while on duty
The trial of a former officer with the Lakewood Police Department accused of sexually assaulting a woman while on duty in 2018 started Tuesday in Denver District Court. Former officer Randall Shaun Butler, 39, was charged with two counts of sexual assault for the incident that allegedly happened on Nov. 16, 2018, after he offered…