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Three members of The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Forensic Services Section graduated from the 7th session of the International Latent Print Examiner Training Academy in May 2023.

A graduation ceremony was held Friday, May 26, 2023.

The 20-week program, which began Jan. 7, 2023 in Meridian, Mississippi, trains employees on latent print processing to develop fingerprints, latent print comparison techniques, expert testimony, and combating bias.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is proud to announce the arrest of a longtime wanted fugitive on Wednesday morning, May 24, 2023.

In April, CBI received a tip about Alejandro Gamboa-Miranda (DOB: 09/30/1973) AKA Javier Gomez.

He had two active warrants (one dating back to 2005): one for ID theft and one for drug charges.

A Frederick fifth-grade student submitted a poster that represented Colorado as part of the National Missing Children’s Day campaign sponsored by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Every year the Department of Justice holds a national Missing Children's Day poster contest open to all fifth-grade students across the country. The purpose is to promote awareness among teachers, parents/guardians and children and engage them in discussions about safety. 

Here is an update from the Archuleta County Sheriff's Office regarding the Jeremiah Villarreal death investigation.

At this time there is no further information. The investigation continues. Results from the autopsy are pending.

The original news release is below:

On Monday, April 17, 2023, the Archuleta County Sheriff’s office requested assistance from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) with a missing person investigation.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) participated in the Columbine High School Day of Service on April 20, 2023. The agency held a donation drive to collect food, toiletries, clothing and other supplies through April 20, the 24th anniversary of the Columbine shooting to help others in need,

CBI collected more than 660 items for Movement 5280, which provides a "family of support" to homeless youth who have aged out of foster care and other at-risk young people lacking guidance as they transition to adulthood.

On Monday, April 17, 2023, the Archuleta County Sheriff’s office requested assistance from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) with a missing person investigation.

At approximately 11:55 am. Tuesday, April 18, 2023, a body was located in Lake Pagosa by Colorado Parks and Wildlife Marine Evidence Recovery Team. It was positively identified as Jeremiah Villarreal of Pagosa Springs. The next of kin has been notified.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is proud to announce that the No. 8 person on the Top 100 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list was arrested in Denver on Wednesday, April 12, 2023.

Johnny Valdez (DOB: 09/30/1978) was arrested by Denver Police officers and agents with the CBI. CBI had received an anonymous tip with information regarding a possible location for Valdez and coordinated with DPD to make the arrest. 

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation's (CBI’s) four forensic labs are busy during this week’s visit from ANAB accreditation assessors from around the nation. It’s all part of a very stringent re-accreditation process that began Monday and continues through Friday.

Shanley Garrett, quality manager for the CBI's forensics labs, says the accreditation is a critical component  of the labs’ overall integrity. 

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s four Forensic Services labs are preparing for their four-year reaccreditation assessment. The weeklong process begins the first week of April.

The laboratories are accredited by the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB). Accreditation is based on ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standards, the ANAB Forensic Science Testing and Calibration supplemental requirements, and FBI Quality Assurance Standards for Forensic DNA Testing and DNA Databasing Laboratories.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is proud to announce its forensic labs were nationally recognized as a “OSAC Standards Implementer” for their application of high-quality standards and practices in forensic science by the National Institutes of Science and Technology (NIST)-sponsored Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC).