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Manitou Springs Police investigating suspicious death

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June 20, 2020 8:30 PM
Published 7:39 PM

MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death in Manitou Springs. Detectives from the sheriff’s office took over for authorities from Manitou Police, according to El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Deborah Mynatt. 

Around 11:07 a.m. Saturday, the El Paso County Communications Center dispatched Manitou Springs Police officers to the 10 block of Fountain Place in Manitou Springs on a welfare check call.

In a press release Sgt. Mynatt said one woman was found dead in the home there. The officers requested help from the sheriff's office violent crimes unit.

After investigating, EPSO detectives, along with Manitou Springs Police officers arrested William Arthur Weaver on charges of First Degree Murder, according to the press release.  

William Arthur Weaver

The name of the victim will not be released until she is identified by the El Paso County Coroner’s Office.

If anyone has any information about this case please contact the sheriff's office Investigations Tip Line at 719-520-6666.

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