Denver police are seeking information on the slaying last week of a 77-year-old man in the city’s Cheesman Park neighborhood.
Lewis Easterday was found fatally wounded Nov. 22 near the intersection of East 13th Avenue and Marion Street. He was rushed to Denver Health where he was pronounced dead.
Technician John White, a police spokesman, said Easterday was discovered inside a vehicle.
, we need your help! Please call 720-913-7867 with any info on this homicide.
— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice)
Investigators have released few details in the slaying. Police initially called the case a “suspicious incident.”
Easterday lived near Federal Heights, according to police.
“He was very, very, very funny,” said Joshua Graton, the husband of Easterday’s granddaughter, “He was very, very, very helpful. He would go out of his way to help anybody.”
Graton said on the day Easterday died, he was heading to help his granddaughter with a flat tire. He suspects the 77-year-old was heading back home when the homicide happened.
Graton said Easterday was a veteran who served in the Army and a hard worker who worked every day of his life.
Graton and his wife in hopes of soliciting leads on the homicide, posting a request under the title “Help find my (grandpa’s) killer.”
Anyone with information on the killing is asked to call Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. Tipsters can remain anonymous and are eligible for a reward up to $2,000.
