Tag: First Degree Murder
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Aurora dentist offered $20,000 to kill lead detective on case
James Craig, an Aurora dentist accused of poisoning his wife, tried to get a cellmate to kill “the worst, dirtiest detective in the world,” according to testimony in an evidentiary hearing Friday. That officer, Aurora police detective Bobbi Jo Olson, has led the investigation of the alleged murder of Craig’s wife. Last November, two weeks before…
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Former Regis professor formally charged in wife’s murder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Friends and family of a Denver woman who police say was brutally beaten to death by her husband packed a Denver courtroom Friday. Nicholas Myklebust, 44, a well-respected Regis University English Literature associate professor, was formally charged Thursday with one count of first-degree murder in…
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Defense attorneys want key evidence tossed in murder trial of Aurora dentist
Less than three months before the start of a first-degree murder trial of an Aurora dentist accused of poisoning his wife, an Arapahoe County district judge is deciding whether or not to admit some key evidence in the case. On Tuesday, James Craig’s attorneys argued to suppress Google searches found on the dentist’s work computer…
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Sixth count added to tally in brutal Denver baseball field murder
A Denver district judge added on a sixth count of second-degree murder to charges already filed in the brutal killing of a 14-year-old in Southwest Denver. Diego Lopez sat quietly during his second preliminary hearing as prosecutors argued to add the extra charge which Denver Deputy District Attorney Ashley Beck said would give jurors an…
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Preliminary hearing set for suspect in brutal double stabbing
A preliminary hearing was set Monday for a man accused of fatally stabbing two people in Denver last year, one on an RTD bus and another on a sidewalk near Regis University. Denver police called the attacks “random and unprovoked.” The two murders happened within four-and-a-half hours of one another on the morning of Sept.…
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Aurora dentist enters not guilty plea in wife’s death
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Aurora dentist and father of six pleaded not guilty Monday in the poisoning death of his wife, Angela. 18th Judicial District Judge Shay Whitaker set the trial date for April 23 with guidance from attorneys that they would need two-to-three weeks for the proceedings. …
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Colorado Springs man found guilty in Walgreens murder after short deliberation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At the podium of a completely silent courtroom sat three items, an empty vase, a bag of purple stones and a small bundle of sunflowers. Riley Whitelaw’s cousin, Jermey Model, explained why to the court, shortly after Joshua Johnson was convicted of killing Whitelaw in…
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Teen arsonist sentenced to 7 years for starting deadly Lakewood Halloween fire
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Rochelle Valdez met eyes with the teenager convicted of killing her niece and grand-niece and had a word. “I said, ‘I forgive you. And God forgives you. There’s hope for you and I pray you do good and make good decisions,’” said Valdez, emotionally exhausted…