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The long, unsolved murder of Roger Dean may soon come to a conclusion, thanks to the arrest of Michael Jefferson. He is charged with murder, kidnapping and several other charges that can lead to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The murder, which happened in 1985, was featured on the popular show Unsolved Mysteries during season four of the show. At the time, the show reiterated the story of Roger’s murder and how years later, his widow was threatened via letter that the kill...

The embattled leaders of the movement pushing for justice for Elijah McClain — Lillian House, Joel Northam, Eliza Lucero and Terrance Roberts — find themselves on higher ground after two recent court victories. The four were arrested in September and charged with a myriad of felonies and misdemeanors in connection with protests last summer, including allegedly inciting riots, committing theft, blocking highways and attempting to kidnap Aurora Police Department officers; some of the charges ...

Michael Jefferson, 64, has been charged with murder and kidnapping He allegedly forced Roger Dean, 51, to tie up his wife D.J. while demanding $30,000 from them in 1985 The intruder, who was wearing a ski mask, had broken into the Deans home in the early morning on November 21 and shot Dean five times when he tried to run  The website for Unsolved Mysteries noted that from the beginning, several aspects of the case puzzled investigators He was eventually caught when DNA from hair he left in a ...

Roger Dean, 51, was shot and killed on Nov. 21, 1985. His murder has remained unsolved. Author: Allison Sylte Updated: 5:28 PM MDT April 9, 2021 DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — DNA evidence taken from a water bottle used by the now-suspect during a cross-country flight helped investigators crack a decades-old cold case, an affidavit says.   The victim, Roger Dean, was murdered at his Lone Tree home on Nov. 21, 1985. The perpetrator had entered the house while his face...

On Sunday, April 4, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office of John Kellner moved to dismiss several major charges against Terrance Roberts, Joel Northam, and Lillian House. All sixteen felony counts in Arapahoe County and several misdemeanor charges against the peaceful protest leaders were thrown out. The dismissal of a large number of charges, including all felonies in Arapahoe County, is a significant step in the right direction, showing an acknowledgement from District Attorney John...

| Credit: Metro Denver Crime Stoppers Investigators in Colorado claim theyve solved a decades-old cold murder case, charging a 62-year-old Nebraska man with the brutal killing after connecting him to the crime scene using DNA evidence recovered from an empty can of Vanilla Coke. During a press conference held Thursday, officials said David Dwayne Anderson has been formally charged...

Arrest made in 1981 killing of Cherry Hills Village woman; genealogy helped trace suspect Cherry Hills Village Police Department. Sylvia Quayle. and last updated 2021-02-26 08:52:45-05 CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. — Sylvia Quayles father found her dead at her home in Cherry Hills Village on Aug. 4, 1981. Nearly 40 years later, Quayles family is finally getting closure. Police on Thursday announced the arrest of a Nebraska man in Quayles killing, a suspect investigators found through genealo...

It is not too late to come forward: $30,000 reward offered in bowling alley triple homicide Technology has helped investigators develop new leads in the 2002 killings of Bobby Zajac, Erin Golla and James Springer at AMF Bowling. Author: Janet Oravetz (9News) Updated: 9:19 AM MDT April 13, 2021 LITTLETON, Colo. — Using new technology, investigators from the Littleton Police Department (LPD) said Wednesday theyre going over every piece of evidence from a triple m...

One of the biggest Pueblo homicide trials in decades — perhaps one of the biggest in the city’s history — began Wednesday at the Dennis Maes Judicial Building. Donthe Lucas stands accused of first-degree murder in the disappearance of his pregnant, 21-year-old girlfriend Kelsie Schelling, who went missing in Pueblo on Feb. 4, 2013, after traveling from her home in Denver to see Lucas. But the Lucas trial is the antithesis of an open-and-shut case. Both the prosecution and defense will nee...

Ewing is scheduled to go on trial in April on multiple counts of first-degree murder. But the case has been beset by delays – and it’s possible there could be more – so Arapahoe County District Judge Michelle Amico allowed the testimony of several older witnesses now. If any of them are not available to testify when the trial is held, the videotaped testimony recorded Tuesday could be used. Ewing, 60, was serving a long prison sentence in Nevada for an attack later in 1984 on a Henderson ...