homicide
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Denver homicides declined 48% in 2025
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2025 numbers among fewest homicide cases since 1990, police say Homicides are down in Denver by 48% in 2025 compared to the year before, police said, citing the city’s focus on areas where violent crimes have persisted as a reason for the crime reduction. Police said part of that strategy is dismantling criminal networks. They…
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Hearing held for Planned Parenthood shooting suspect ahead of 10-year mark
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Robert Dear Jr., the alleged gunman in the 2015 Planned Parenthood shooting that left three dead and nine injured, is in the process of being committed civilly due to his mental health after being deemed incompetent despite forced medication. Similar to the past several state hearings, Thursday’s hearing provided little new information. Instead, attorneys in…
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Denver detectives did not violate man’s rights in unsuccessful murder prosecution, judge finds
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A federal judge agreed last week that two Denver detectives could not be held liable for malicious prosecution because there was probable cause to pursue a murder charge against a defendant, even if jurors ultimately acquitted him. Michelle Jacobson died from a gunshot wound to the head in September 2019. Although there was evidence her…
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Weld County defendant need not turn over ‘all evidence’ of other suspect, Colorado justices rule
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A Weld County judge went too far when he ordered the defendant in a murder case to reveal to the prosecution “all evidence” implicating another suspect, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, while acknowledging some information-sharing is nonetheless appropriate. For more than 40 years, the 1979 murder of Evelyn “Kay” Day in Greeley went unsolved.…
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Arapahoe County jurors disregarded instructions, gave incoherent murder verdict, appeals court finds
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Colorado’s second-highest court agreed last month that Arapahoe County jurors disobeyed their instructions, produced a verdict that did not make sense and, as a result, the defendant’s murder conviction must be overturned. However, the three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals disagreed over who bore the most blame for the contradictory verdict and whether Jacob Alexander…
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3-day waiting period for gun purchases starts Sunday in Colorado
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Beginning on Sunday, Coloradans will have to wait at least three days after purchasing a firearm to receive it. The new state law requires gun sellers to wait three days to deliver a gun to a purchaser, or wait for an approved background check if the check takes longer than three days. Colorado legislators passed the…
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Colorado Supreme Court considers whether criminal conviction suffered from undefined legal phrase
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Colorado law does not define “universal malice.” No other state’s murder laws mention universal malice. And an Adams County judge did not tell Cristobal Fernando Garcia’s jury what universal malice meant. On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court considered the possibility that Garcia’s attempted murder conviction may require reversal if the absence of a definition led…
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With fentanyl deaths on the rise, Colorado Bureau of Investigation seeks more funding and staff
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Among the lesser known parts of the public safety package being pushed by Gov. Jared Polis and Democratic lawmakers is ramping up the capabilities of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and more than doubling the force’s size in three years, particularly as law enforcement agencies grapple with a fentanyl-induced overdose crisis. That request comes at…
