Tag: Suicide
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CU Anschutz receives jumpstart donation of $50 million for mental health initiative
A $50 million donation to the Colorado University Anschutz Medical Campus will launch a mental health collaborative to improve access and treatment options for mental health therapies around the state. The Anschutz Foundation made the donation on Tuesday as part of the launch of a mental health collaborative with Colorado Children’s Hospital and UC Health.…
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Two dead in potential Denver murder suicide
Two people are dead in what the Denver Police Department said seems to be a murder suicide. Tuesday night at approximately 8:02 p.m., Denver Police officers responded to a call for a shooting in the 1000 block of West Colfax Avenue. Two victims at the scene, an adult male and female, were transported to the…
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CU student Megan Trussell’s death ruled suicide
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office and Boulder County Coroner ruled on Tuesday the February death of an 18-year-old University of Colorado Boulder student was a suicide. Megan Trussell, found near mile marker 40 of Boulder Canyon Drive in unincorporated Boulder County on Feb. 15, was…
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Fort Collins police find 2 dead after call of possible hostage situation
Two people were found dead Monday in Fort Collins after an informant told police they believed a woman was being held against her will by her husband. Fort Collins police responded to a home in the 2900 block of Middlesborough Court around 4:15 p.m., and a SWAT team and negotiators were called in just before…
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988 crisis line looks for board of directors applicants
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s suicide and crisis hotline is looking for individuals to join its board. The 988 Crisis Hotline Enterprise, which is funded by a prepaid wireless charge, said it is accepting applications for three director seats, the project announced on Friday. The seven-member, volunteer board governs…
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Colorado colleges to add suicide hotlines to student IDs
In Colorado, suicide is the leading cause of death for teenagers and young adults. State lawmakers are trying to help address that with one small change. Beginning in August 2023, House Bill 1007 requires Colorado’s higher education institutions to print the phone and text numbers of statewide and national mental health crisis and suicide hotlines on the…
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Proposal to add suicide hotlines to college student IDs advances
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In Colorado, suicide is the leading cause of death for teenagers and young adults. Lawmakers want to help address this with one small change. If passed, House Bill 1007 would require higher education institutions to print the numbers of suicide hotlines on the back of…
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2 killed in Loveland; suspect dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound
A man who fatally shot himself during a standoff in Erie on Thursday night was suspected of killing two people at a Loveland home earlier in the day. Loveland officers were sent to the area of Aries Drive and Pavo Court around 2:30 p.m. after receiving a call from a 12-year-old who said their mother…
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Coroner: Husband fatally shot wife, himself in Aurora
Last week’s fatal shooting in Aurora has been classified as a murder-suicide involving a husband and wife, the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office announced Tuesday. Sarah Terry, 40, was shot in the head Friday and died from her injuries the next day. Her manner of death was homicide, the coroner’s office said. Robert Terry, 49, died…
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Born in Colorado: Crime scene cleanup company helps people suffering trauma
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Jody Knowlton discovered in January her adult daughter had been murdered, she was more than 1,600 miles away at her Virginia home. Leah Carlene Knowlton, 28, had been shot in the head by her…