Tag:Colorado murders
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The 1981 Constitutionality Case Against the Second-Degree Murder Statute
In 1981, the state Supreme Court needed to determine if the state’s second-degree murder statute was unconstitutional.
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Charges Filed in 1996 Denver Cold Case
The Denver District Attorney’s Office announced Feb. 24 a cold case arrest was made in the 1996 murder of Terri Turachak.
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The 1908 Communion Killer
In February 1908, reported anarchist Guiseppe Alia murdered Father Leo Heinrichs as he gave communion at a church in Denver.
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Colorado Cold Case Gets Arrest a Decade Later
Earlier this year, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office arrested Joel Hollendorfer in connection with the decade-old cold case murder of Kara Nichols.
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The Schank Family Murders
The Schank family murder was called “the cruelest series of murders ever committed in Weld County,” according to the Greeley Tribune.
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DNA Match Leads to Possible 2022 ID of Colorado Serial Killer
Denver Police announced a genetic identification of someone they believe may be the killer in four cold cases.
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The Colorado Cannibal: The Story of Alferd Packer
Alferd Packer, also known as the Colorado Cannibal and the “Man-Eater,” remains a popular state figure but was denied a posthumous pardon.
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The Park County Murderer: ‘The Most Brutal and Unprovoked Murder Ever Known in Park County’
Benjamin Ratcliff was hanged in February 1896 for murdering three school board members in “the most brutal and unprovoked murder ever known in Park County,” according to the New Castle News.