February 22, 2018Denver, ColoradoThe body of Charles “Chuck” Frary (68) is found in his home, a year after his children reported him missing Chuck had become estranged from his family, with his children citing physical and emotional abuse as the cause of the distancing. Despite the estrangement, the children would occasionally visit their father, though…
Woman shoots three children, self; only one child survives
February 6, 2013Denver, ColoradoMayra Perez shoots her three children and herself; only one child survives The motive behind the attack is suspected to have originated with an argument between Mayra and her husband on the evening of February 5. Mr. Perez left the house to calm down. He returned on the morning of February 6…
12-year-old abducted, killed
December 20, 1984Greeley, Colorado12-year-old Jonelle Matthews is taken from her home; her body will remain undiscovered for nearly 35 years Matthews was last seen on the night of December 20 after she sang Christmas carols with her school choir. She was taken home by a friend and the friend’s mother who watched Matthews walk into…
Teen kills mother and stepfather, either because of resentment over chores or prolonged abuse
October 26, 2009Monte Vista, ColoradoJohn Caudle (14) kills his mother and stepfather Caudle prepared for the shootings the night before, by taking two .22-caliber handguns from the home’s gun safe and stored them in his bedroom. When Caudle came home after school on October 26, he later told authorities, his mother Joanne Rinebarger (34) began…
Man kills wife, children, stages scene to appear wife had killed children in a murder-suicide
December 30, 1978 Littleton, Colorado Robert Spangler kills his wife Nancy and their children, David and Susan Robert had begun an affair with a woman named Sharon Cooper, putting strain on his marriage with Nancy, though the couple seemingly reconciled months before Nancy and her children were killed. In his confession to police decades later,…
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