Deputies with the Costilla County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, are investigating a homicide at the Sangre de Cristo Subdivision at approximately 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 13, 2022.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will host the Missing in Colorado event at the Lowry Conference Center (1061 Akron Way, Bldg. 697, Denver, CO), 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 13, 2022.
Family and friends of missing persons in Colorado are invited to attend the Missing in Colorado event, which will offer a number of resources for impacted families. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with investigators, share information such as photos, dental records, DNA, etc., and enter information about their loved one into a national missing person database.
Please see this news release about a comprehensive case being prosecuted by the Colorado Attorney General's Office and investigated by the CBI and other Colorado law enforcement agencies. The CBI's High Tech Crimes Unit played a pivotal role in the arrest made in this investigation.
The statewide grand jury indicted Jeremy Carter, 42, of Fort Morgan on 33 counts of felony theft for allegedly taking payments from clients throughout Colorado to build pole barns and failing to complete the projects, Attorney General Phil Weiser announced today.
Remains recovered in Clear Creek County earlier this summer have been identified as a woman who went missing in the county in February 2022.
On February, 13, 2022, Melinda Tafoya-Deltoro (age 38) called the Clear Creek County 911 Center from the Miner’s Candle area, stating that she was stuck in the snow. Deputies responded to the area and located a vehicle, but not Tafoya-Deltoro. An extensive search of the area at the time of her disappearance and in the following months showed no signs of the missing woman.
Through the Prowers County Coroner’s Office and Lamar Police Department, the names of those involved in the triple shooting in Lamar, Colorado have been released.
Jourden White, age 24, shot three people living in the Lamar Apartments (700 Block of Mullen St.) in Lamar just before 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 23rd. White then fled the scene.
The investigation of a shooting that killed two and injured one in Lamar, Colorado over the weekend continues.
Police believe a 24-year-old male shot three people living in the Lamar Apartments (700 Block of Mullen St.) in Lamar just before 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 23rd. The suspect then fled the scene.
Members of the Lamar Police Department responded to a triple shooting at an apartment complex in the 700 Block of Mullen St., just before 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 23, 2022.
Lamar police officers were called to the Lamar Apartments on a shots-fired incident on Saturday afternoon. Upon arriving at the apartment, officers discovered three individuals who were shot, two females and one male. The male and one female were pronounced deceased at the scene. The second female was transported to the hospital for treatment. Her condition is unknown.
Members of the CBI’s Human Trafficking Unit joined the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, Grand Junction Police Department, Palisade Police Department, 21st Judicial District Attorney's Office, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in an operation targeted suspects attempting to have sex with children, or engage in prostitution. The team made seven arrests during the operation that took place on the Western Slope in June.
Investigative Agents with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation were requested to provide investigative assistance related to a homicide investigation in Nunn, a town in Weld County.
Please see the news release from the Weld County District Attorney’s Office below.
An 18-year-old female from Texas has been charged in connection to the death of her newborn child in Weld County.
Leiyla Cepeda was arrested and charged Friday with two counts of first-degree murder in Weld district court.
Three Colorado 5th-grade students were recognized for their award-winning posters as part of the National Missing Children’s Day poster contest.
CBI Director John Camper formally honored Kacey May Costa (first place) from the town of Weston, Aliana Rodriguez (second place) and Collins Heck (third place), both from the town of Holly, for their winning posters in the days leading up to National Missing Children’s Day on May 25, 2022.