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The latest news from the crime and courts beat for Thursday, January 8
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Thursday, January 8, 2026

Missing people in the Denver metro: 21-year-old Indigenous woman reported missing from Aurora

A 21-year-old Indigenous woman was reported missing Wednesday from Aurora, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

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Englewood school’s inaction enabled bus monitor’s abuse, parents allege in new lawsuit

The lawsuit faults the school for what it describes as a practice of investigating abuse suspicions internally, rather than reporting suspicions to outside authorities as required by Colorado’s mandated reporting laws.

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Woman killed by ICE officer in Minneapolis was originally from Colorado

“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” Renée Nicole Good’s mother told the Minnesota Star Tribune. “She was extremely compassionate.”

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Aurora man, 21, killed in crash near Silverthorne

An Aurora man was killed in a crash between two pick-up trucks on Colorado 9 near Silverthorne on Tuesday morning, according to the state patrol.

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Former teacher arrested on child sexual assault material charges hired in Jeffco after SVVSD recommended he not return

Patricio Alejandro Illanes, 39, faces 40 counts of sexual exploitation of a child in addition to 10 counts of unlawful practice of occupation or profession, according to a release.

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Man suspected of murder in Denver stabbing arrested

Christopher Fielder was booked into the Denver Downtown Detention Center on Wednesday on suspicion of second-degree murder, according to jail records.

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Man dies after stabbing in Denver’s Sunnyside neighborhood

A man stabbed in Denver’s Sunnyside neighborhood on Monday night died at the hospital, police officials said