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Caรฑon City family holds vigil for 9-year-old niece killed in the Nashville mass shooting

FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Friday night, neighbors in Canon City rallied around a local family that lost their nine-year-old niece in the recent Nashville school shooting. According to investigators, a former student of Nashvilleโ€™s Covenant School is accused of carrying out a mass shooting in March that killed six people; three young students and

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11th Judicial District Attorney’s Office dismisses another first-degree murder charge after plea deal to suspect with long criminal history

FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Dustin Dixon is the latest person to go through the 11th Judicial District court and avoid murder charges. In June 2022, Dixon shot and killed Michael Sean Adams in Penrose, Colorado. He was later arrested and charged with first-degree and second-degree murder, possession of a weapon by a previous offender

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Caรฑon City man freed by plea deal on murder charges rearrested; Found with thousands of fentanyl pills

CAร‘ON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Caรฑon City Police Department, alongside the U.S. Marshals, arrested a wanted fugitive, accused of peddling hundreds of grams of fentanyl and possessing numerous stolen guns this week. That man, 36-year-old Robert Broman, was out of jail after a plea deal on murder charges was offered by 11th Judicial District

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Charges dropped against 11th Judicial Deputy District Attorney for parking lot confrontation

CAร‘ON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) — Harassment and disorderly conduct charges against an 11th Judicial Deputy District Attorney have been dropped. A month ago, 13 Investigates obtained video of an altercation involving Deputy District Attorney Wendy Owens in a Safeway parking lot in Caรฑon City. The video shows her flipping off a driver before coming up

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New findings in the arrest report from the Fremont County couple who was brutally murdered

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)– Chilling details are emerging about the brutal murder of an elderly couple in Fremont County. Arrest records reveal that weeks before the killings, the couple complained about the man who is now charged with murdering them.  The coroner believes 83-year-old Carl Cooper and his 75-year-old wife Susan Cooper were beaten to death

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Seven Fremont County prosecutors under investigation related to Morphew murder case

FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Attorney Regulation Counsel (ARC) is now investigating seven Fremont County prosecutors, including District Attorney Linda Stanley, following allegations of repeated prosecutorial misconduct. The investigation centers on the now-dismissed murder case against Chaffee County husband Barry Morphew, who was previously charged in his wife’s disappearance, after Barry’s attorney filed an

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Caรฑon City family grieving loss of 9-year-old niece killed in Nashville school shooting

FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A Southern Colorado family is mourning the loss of their young niece who died in a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville. According to investigators, a former student of Nashvilleโ€™s Covenant School is accused of carrying out a mass shooting Monday morning that killed six people; three students

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Court Docs: Caรฑon City man arrested, accused of attacking father, grandfather, and deputies

FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) โ€“ A Caรฑon City man faces multiple charges after he reportedly attacked family members, threatening to kill them, and then fighting deputies. On February 28, deputies with the Fremont County Sheriffโ€™s Office (FCSO) were dispatched to the 500 block of 9th St. at 3:39 p.m. on reports of a domestic dispute.

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‘People aren’t getting any justice’ Law enforcement slams 11th Judicial District Attorney

FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Frustrating, disappointing, disheartening; those are just a few words current and former law enforcement agents in Fremont, Custer, Chaffee, and Park counties are using to describe the current region within the 11th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Judges sanctioned the 11th Judicial District Attorney’s Office for their failure to turn over

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11th Judicial DA’s office under investigation, 33 cases affected by evidence violations

FREMONT COUNTY, Colo (KRDO) — The 11th Judicial District Attorneyโ€™s Office is under state investigation following two years of dozens of court-documented evidence violations which have led to dismissals in murder and sex assault cases. 13 Investigates uncovered dozens of cases where the DA’s office violated court rules in place to ensure a fair trial

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Suspect in 2022 double-homicide of Arkansas couple in Fremont County found dead day later

FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — On Monday, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) named a suspect in the double-homicide investigation of an Arkansas couple. However, that suspect was reportedly found dead a day after the killings. On July 16, 2022, hikers found 29-year-old Morgan Apple and 31-year-old Shawn Apple dead in the Phantom Canyon area.

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