Authorities are hoping a new reward, a new billboard and a new investigation will lead to a break in a 1999 triple homicide case that went cold.
Paul Skiba, his 9-year-old daughter, Sarah, and an employee of Skiba’s moving company, Lorenzo Chivers, 36, were gunned down in February 1999.
The killings occurred in a Westminster storage lot where Skiba parked his moving company trucks.
“Paul’s friends found all the blood and bullet holes in the truck, and (the case) seemed to get worse every day after that,” said Sharon Skiba, mother of Paul and grandmother of Sarah.
The bodies were never found.
Authorities unveiled a billboard Wednesday along Interstate 76 at Lowell Boulevard that asks the public for any information leading to the bodies or the killers.
The billboard, put together by Families of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons and CrimeStoppers, is less than a mile from where the crime occurred and offers an $8,500 reward.
Thornton police investigated the homicides and said previously that they believe Paul Skiba, 38, was the intended target, but the motive was unclear.
Fresh eyes at the Westminster Police Department took over the case on Tuesday after the Adams County coroner issued a death certificate for the victims.
Army Sgt. Rochelle Corley said she heard about the death of Chivers, her ex-husband,when she got an upsetting call from his niece.
“She said, ‘My uncle hasn’t come home and that isn’t like him,” Corley said.
Chivers was a father to a daughter, Aubrey, and son, Joshua. They are now teenagers.
Corley believes Chivers did everything he could to stay alive and help Skiba and his daughter the day they were killed.
“We need to find out who did this because his family needs closure,” she said.
Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 720-913-STOP.
Staff writer Felisa Cardona can be reached at 303-820-1219 or fcardona@denverpost.com.
