crime
Gov. Hickenlooper pardons Rene Lima-Marin as family fights deportation to Cuba
DENVER – Governor John Hickenlooper heard the calls from lawyers and activists, awarding Rene Lima-Marin a pardon, although he said it’s not yet known if that will help the reformed criminal win his fight to stay in the U.S.
Lima-Marin won a release from prison on Tuesday after a yearslong fight to get him back out of custody. He was originally sentenced to nearly 100 years in prison for a 2000 robbery, kidnapping and burglary case and was mistakenly released into a parole program in 2008. Continue reading
Project Unsolved: Police, family still searching for Denver mother of 3 who vanished without a trace
Nearly 11 years ago, a young mother of three living near Sloan’s Lake in Denver left to drop medicine off to one of her sons who was visiting another family member just blocks away. She never arrived at her final destination, and not one of her family members has heard from her since.
Nicholle Torrez was 27 when she disappeared that night—December 14, 2006—and left her mother and young family with a never-ending series of questions, which were only multiplied when a car she had been driving showed up on the other side of the metro area months later. Continue reading
2 juveniles charged with first-degree murder in Fort Morgan double homicide
FORT MORGAN, Colo. – Two 17-year-old boys have been arrested on first-degree murder charges in the deaths of two people who had been reported missing and were found dead in April.
The Fort Morgan Sheriff’s Office says the two teenagers were arrested around 9 p.m. Wednesday in the 200 block of S. West Street.
Their identities are not being released because they are juveniles, the sheriff’s office said. Both are being held without bond pending their first advisement in Morgan County District Court Friday.
The two face charges in the alleged killings of Santos Macias and Destiny McMinn. The two were reported missing earlier this year.
Macis’ body was found on April 17 in the 19000 block of Highway 34, and McMinn’s body was found a week later in the 9000 block of Road Q in Fort Morgan.
The sheriff’s office says it is working with several local agencies, and that the teams have interviewed “dozens” of people in regards to the case and served several search warrants.
The sheriff’s office says the investigation is active and ongoing.
2 suspects arrested by FBI agents in Chicago in connection to Denver liquor store murder
DENVER – Two people suspected of being connected to an April 21 strip mall shooting in Denver that left one man dead were arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on April 26 in Chicago, and are in the process of being extradited back to Denver.
Shawntez Kinney, 22, died in the shooting, which happened outside of the Evans Discount Liquor store on West Evans Avenue just after 9 p.m. on April 21. He had a young child. Continue reading