Author: Kevin Vaughan
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After the fall: 50 years later, Vail gondola crash still harrowing for survivors
As the red gondola car suddenly bucked and shook on that morning 50 years ago, Greg Dietrich craned his neck, looked up, and realized the steel cable his life depended on had frayed and unraveled. It was just after 9:15 a.m. on March 26, 1976, at Vail ski resort, and the 19-year-old knew something was…
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Colorado Springs driver in deadly head-on crash had long history of drug and alcohol abuse along with dangerous driving
The man who caused a horrific head-on crash on U.S. 285 in August, killing a woman and her 2-year-old granddaughter, was on the road despite years of drug and alcohol abuse and episodes of dangerous driving, a 9Wants to Know investigation found. Benjamin Bobier, 36, of Colorado Springs, who also died in the Aug. 26…
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Colorado nursing homes fined for COVID lapses, but also paid bonuses
More than 100 Colorado nursing homes that experienced COVID-19 outbreaks were fined for poor infection control and other pandemic-related failures — but those very same facilities also pocketed financial bonuses tied to infection rates, a 9Wants to Know investigation discovered. The fines and bonuses all came from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…
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Murder suspect on house arrest has been on bike rides around Denver and posted the routes online
A Denver man charged with murdering his wife and awaiting trial on house arrest has repeatedly left his home for long bike rides — some lasting three hours or more — with stops at coffee shops, restaurants and stores, a 9Wants to Know investigation found. In all, 9Wants to Know found that Bob Feldman had…
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2 Colorado men arrested, facing weapons charges amid tumultuous week in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON D.C. • Two Colorado men face weapons charges after being arrested in Washington, D.C., this week as demonstrators descended on the city for the ceremonial certification of Joe Biden’s election as the country’s 46th president. One, Stanley Williams, was picked up Wednesday night after Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser imposed a curfew in the wake…
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Roofing company workers forced onto ground, held at gunpoint by man who thought they were Antifa
LOVELAND, Colo. — A Loveland man faces felony charges after allegedly concluding that two men going door-to-door in his neighborhood were members of the protest movement known as Antifa – and then ordering them to the ground and holding them at gunpoint, 9Wants to Know has learned. The incident unfolded after the man called police,…
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Report names 43 Colorado Catholic priests accused of sexually abusing at least 166 children since 1950
Forty three Catholic priests have been credibly accused of sexually abusing at least 166 children in Colorado since 1950, according to a ground-breaking report made public Wednesday morning. 9NEWS is creating a database with the names of the priests and their parishes that will be available soon. One priest, Father Harold Robert White, had 63…
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No drugs, alcohol in system of Florida woman whose trip to Colorado sparked widespread school closures
COLORADO, USA — The Florida woman whose threats prompted the closure of hundreds of schools had no drugs or alcohol in her system when she took her life last April, according to an autopsy report made public Wednesday. The report also showed that the 18-year-old woman had no tattoos anywhere on her body – a…
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Student wounded in STEM school attack was shot by private security officer, affidavit states
HIGHLANDS RANCH • A private security officer’s bullet wounded a student in the deadly May 7 shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch, according to an arrest affidavit made public late Thursday afternoon. That officer is under investigation for reports that he fired on a responding Douglas County sheriff’s lieutenant in the chaos of the incident,…
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Families search for answers decades after loved ones’ deaths
Vickie Mahrling’s nightmare began May 30, 1968, the day her big brother’s Chevrolet smashed into a tree in the tiny northern Colorado town of Mead. She was 11, and her memories of that Thursday night start with a ringing telephone, followed by moments frozen in time. Hearing her mother, palpably distraught, saying, get dressed, get…