Colorado state prisons and county jails are filled with those who have committed a crime but are also mentally ill. One official called their jail the largest mental health facility in the county, although it is not intended to be, and jailers and guards are unqualified to provide medical treatment. Often, prisoners miss medication doses,…
As a resident of the Denver metropolitan area, you have probably escaped to Colorado’s mountains. When returning to the city, you have no doubt seen signs warning commercial truckers about steep grades and hot brakes. In late April, a commercial truck driver seemingly ignored a runaway truck ramp, allowing his 18-wheeler to plow into stopped…
Over a year ago, authorities in California finally tracked down an infamous rapist and murderer known as “the Golden State Killer.” The suspect was now in his 70s and the crimes had been committed in the mid-1970s and mid-1980s — but he had been identified through a combination of DNA and detective work. Where did…