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Denver police and fire officials at the scene of an arson-homicide investigation after five bodies were found inside Fero's Bar and Grill, 351 S. Colorado Blvd., on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, Denver, Colo.
Denver police and fire officials at the scene of an arson-homicide investigation after five bodies were found inside Fero’s Bar and Grill, 351 S. Colorado Blvd., on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, Denver, Colo.
DENVER, CO - JUNE 23: Matt Nussbaum. Staff Mugs. (Photo by Callaghan O'Hare/The Denver Post)
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A jury failed to reach a verdict Thursday in its first full day of deliberations in the murder trial of Dexter Lewis, accused of stabbing five people to death in a Denver bar.

urors began deliberating late Wednesday. They will gather again Monday.

If Lewis is found guilty, he could face the death penalty.

in the early hours of Oct. 17, 2012, in what has been described as a botched robbery. Lewis went to the bar with three others, two of whom have pleaded guilty to murder charges for their involvement and received lengthy prison sentences. The other man, Demarea Harris,

He reported the crime after the killings and was never charged.

Harris and one of the men who pleaded guilty, Lynell Hill, testified against Lewis.

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