Tag: cbi
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After 39 years, Lone Tree cold case comes full circle for former Douglas County sheriff
As he was dying that day in November 1985, Roger Dean tore what would become a critical clue in his own murder from his killer’s head — an orange ski mask dotted with DNA evidence. It would take decades, though, and steady advancements in DNA science before investigators were able to solve a case that had…
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Pueblo man faces numerous charges after officer-involved shooting near Salida
A 54-year-old man was hospitalized and faces several charges including attempted murder of law enforcement after an officer-involved shooting Wednesday near Salida, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Richard Borrego, of Pueblo, was shot in the right shoulder after he allegedly fired at law enforcement during a nearly three-hour standoff that began around 4…
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Missing woman from Wyoming may be in Colorado Springs area
A missing Wyoming woman may be in the Colorado Springs area, according to a social media post Monday by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Martha James, 76, was last seen Saturday in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Law enforcement in Wyoming learned that James was in the Colorado Springs area as of 3 a.m. Monday, but James…
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Appeals court reverses Adams County attempted murder conviction due to experts’ improper testimony
Colorado’s second-highest court last month overturned a man’s attempted murder conviction because prosecutors failed to establish a chain of custody for the defendant’s DNA and fingerprint evidence that allegedly tied him to the crime. Jurors heard from two forensic analysts who matched Julian Vigil to the gun that was used to shoot the victim in…
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2 children, 2 adults dead in apparent murder-suicide in southeastern Colorado
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced on Wednesday that it was investigating “an apparent murder-suicide” that left four dead in La Junta on Tuesday night. The release from the CBI states that at 11:30 p.m. La Junta police were called to the 1100 block of Smithland Avenue where officers discovered two adults and two children…
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Missing Indigenous Person Alert for Colorado Springs girl activated by CBI
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation activated a Missing Indigenous Person Alert for a Colorado Springs teenager Thursday. Leah Black, 15, was last seen Wednesday evening near the intersection of Constitution Avenue and Marksheffel Road in Colorado Springs, according to the CBI. Leah has brown hair and brown eyes, and is 5-foot-8 and 130 pounds. Anyone…
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Suzanne Morphew autopsy: Death ruled homicide, animal tranquilizer found in remains
The report released on Monday found that Suzanne Morphew died of “homicide by undetermined means in the setting of butorphanol, azaperone, and medetomidine intoxication.”
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Glimpse of Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA testing backlash offered by first wave of court hearings
The curtain lifted Wednesday to unveil the first glimpse of how a Colorado Bureau of Investigation scandal involving the work of a veteran DNA scientist might play out in dozens of courtrooms across the Front Range. In an hour-long Boulder court hearing permeated by questions and uncertainty, a Boulder judge delayed the trial of an accused…
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DNA state crime lab debacle leads to first hearing alleging innocence
Yvonne “Missy” Woods was nearly nine years into her career as a DNA scientist with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation when she took the stand on Oct. 17, 2002, to admit a major embarrassment in her work – one she testified came as a “blow to my ego.” A masked man, using what police said…
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DNA state crime lab debacle leads to first hearing alleging innocence
Yvonne “Missy” Woods was nearly nine years into her career as a DNA scientist with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation when she took the stand on Oct. 17, 2002, to admit a major embarrassment in her work – one she testified came as a “blow to my ego.” A masked man, using what police said…