Suspect identified in killing of 36-year-old woman in northeast Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) Nearly a year after a woman died from being shot in northeast Colorado Springs, police investigators have publicly identified a suspect who s wanted for murder.
According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, 25-year-old Billy Joe Torrez is facing a charge of first-degree murder for allegedly killing 36-year-old Samantha Morgan in May 2020.
CSPD said last year that officers were called to a local hospital around 1:10 a.m. on May 29, 2020 after Morgan showed up with a life-threatening gunshot wound. The officers spoke to people who took her to the hospital and learned that the shooting happened in a parking lot near 4600 Hinsdale Way.
Colorado Springs police on Monday announced the April 7 arrest of Demetrius Martin, 33, in the death of a woman who was found shot at the scene of a traffic crash in late Feb.
Officers responded to the 3500 block of South Chelton Loop on reports of a vehicle crash and found a woman who had been fatally shot, according to the original police report. The woman was later identified as Margie Crowe, 49.
On March 5, detectives applied for and obtained a warrant for Martin s arrest on a first degree murder charge, police said in Monday s news release.
Since then, detectives with the department s Violent Offender Fugitive Task Force made attempts to locate Martin in Colorado Springs and in Arizona through their partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service, according to police.
2 arrested following extensively investigated sexual assault case from May in El Paso County
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. â On Wednesday, two people were arrested following an extensive investigation into a sexual assault case from May 2020 in El Paso County.
The El Paso County Sheriff s Office began investigating a sexual assault on May 15, 2020 in the eastern part of the county. The person called who reported the crime said the two suspects alluded to additional victims as they assaulted the person.
Detectives with the sheriff s office said with help from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, they extensively investigated the case.