Tag: double homicide
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Woman convicted in Fremont County double murder after original prosecutor disqualified
The final co-conspirator charged in the 2022 Phantom Canyon murders was found guilty by a Fremont County jury on Wednesday, nearly wrapping up a case that had two prosecution teams after the first one was disqualified. Toni Gurule, 45, was the last of three co-defendants found responsible for the deaths of Rodolfo “Rudy” Santillan-Reyes, 36,…
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Son kills father, second victim in Pueblo double murder-suicide
Three people were found dead, including a suspect, after an alleged murder-suicide in Pueblo early Saturday morning. Officers with the Pueblo Police Department found two victim’s bodies in the 1200 block of East 4th Street following reports of a shooting, picked up by the ShotSpotter program used by the city. One body was on the…
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Former bandmates of UCCS shooting victim Sam Knopp to hold memorial concert
Sam Knopp had musical talent that demanded attention, said former bandmate Anthony Scornavacco. He recruited Knopp from a chance encounter in a music store, where he said the 24-year-old’s causal playing was “phenomenal.” “He was probably the most skilled guitar player I’d ever met,” said Scornavacco. From a later audition that was an immediate yes,…
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Man, woman found dead at UCCS campus identified
Colorado Springs police have released the names of a man and woman found dead Friday in a dormitory room on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus. Celie Rain Montgomery, 26, of Pueblo, and Samuel Knopp, 24, of Parker, were autopsied and identified by the El Paso County Coroner’s Office on Saturday, according to a…