PAIGE, ARIZ. — Officials at the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area said a woman killed when a huge rock slab crashed down on her boat was from Calhan.
Officials are still searching for 59-year-old Mary Simmons’ husband, also believed killed Friday when a 250-square-foot slab fell onto their boat moored on Lake Powell.
The search for 64-year-old Donald Simmons is being hampered by poor visibility, deep water and submerged trees. An underwater recovery team from the National Park Service is assigned to the search.
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Police ID pedestrian killed in crash
ENGLEWOOD — A Denver hospice patient who was struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident late Sunday night has been identified.
Mable Keyton, 85, was hit while crossing West Belleview Avenue in Englewood about 10 p.m. Sunday, according to Ivor Hansen, investigator for the Arapahoe County medical examiner’s office.
After the accident, two blocks west of Broadway, the car that struck Keyton sped away, officials say.
Teen, convicted sex offender missing
LAKEWOOD — A 16-year-old Lakewood girl who has been missing for a week had a relationship with a convicted sex offender who is also missing, authorities said.
Amber Nicole Westbrook was last seen Sept. 25 at the Middle College of Denver, near West 29th Avenue and Federal Boulevard, where she was enrolled, said Sgt. Mathew Testa of the Lakewood Police Department’s crimes against children unit.
She is considered a missing person and a possible runaway, Testa said.
Matthew “Matt” Preston Caulk, 40, of Lakewood, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a minor in Washington state, has been missing since Wednesday, Testa said.
Court-martial recommended for cadet
AIR FORCE ACADEMY — An Air Force investigating officer has recommended that a rape case against an Air Force Academy cadet proceed to court-martial.
Edward Salazar, a cadet who would have graduated in May, is charged with rape for allegedly sexually assaulting a classmate during a party in Denver in July 2006.
During an Article 32 hearing last month, the alleged victim said she was too drunk to remember what happened but she knew she was raped because of conversations she had afterward with Salazar.
He is the fourth cadet to be charged with rape since a sexual-assault scandal broke in 2003.
Prairie-dog count pops up
DENVER — The state Wildlife Division estimates Colorado has about 788,000 acres of black-tailed prairie dog colonies, up 25 percent from five years ago.
The survey results are part of the state’s effort to document the health of the animal.
The information will be incorporated in a conservation plan for grassland species.
I-70 tunnel set to reopen
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — A heavily traveled tunnel on eastbound Interstate 70 in western Colorado was expected to reopen today after a six-month shutdown to repair a crack.
The two-lane bore was closed in late March because of the 70-foot-long crack in the ceiling. The two-lane westbound bore has been handling traffic in both directions since then.
