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The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Saturday, March 28
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Saturday, March 28, 2026

Southern Colorado sheriff, deputies indicted for mishandling human remains, assaulting man in crisis

The district attorney’s office began investigating the claims against the Costilla County Sheriff’s Office in August after a man called the DA’s office about finding possible human remains on his property on Wild Horse Mesa, 10 miles south of San Luis.

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Colorado investigators solve 2016 cold case through genetic genealogy

Authorities said John Cizek, 71, of Newark, California, was the victim of a homicide committed in June 2016. The suspect in the case, David Little, died by suicide that year while in custody at the Jefferson County jail.

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Colorado doctor refused to call 911, start CPR before man’s death, indictment says

Witnesses described a series of abnormal, concerning decisions anesthesiologist Michael Urban made before and during cataract surgery on a 56-year-old patient.

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Boulder police investigating after women say they were drugged, sexually assaulted at Hill bar

Multiple women reported they were sexually assaulted and possibly drugged while at Scrooge Sul, a Boulder bar on the Hill that is now temporarily closed.

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Northern Colorado town settles free speech lawsuit for $45,000

A northern Colorado town accused of censoring critics on social media has agreed to pay one man blocked by the local government $45,000, according to court records.

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Woman found dead in Denver home; foul play suspected

Denver police were investigating a suspected homicide in the city’s north Capitol Hill neighborhood on Thursday after a woman was found dead the night before, according to the agency.

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Denver’s 97-year-old City Park bandstand ‘a total loss’ after overnight fire