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Kirk Mitchell
Kirk Mitchell is a general assignment reporter at The Denver Post who focuses on criminal justice stories. He began working at the newspaper in 1998, after writing for newspapers in Mesa, Ariz., and Twin Falls, Idaho, and The Associated Press in Salt Lake City. Mitchell first started writing the Cold Case blog in Fall 2007, in part because Colorado has more than 1,400 unsolved homicides.
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Bodies of 2 men found in Mount Lindo Cemetery in Jefferson County
Jefferson County detectives are investigating the death of a person whose body was found near the Olinger Mount Lindo Cemetery.

Adams County deputies find body inside burning vehicle
Adams County sheriff's detectives investigating a report of a burning vehicle on Monday discovered a dead body inside it, authorities said.

Colorado unable to issue driver’s licenses Tuesday due to fiber wire cut
All 51 of Colorado driver's license offices are unable to issue licenses Tuesday because of a systemwide computer glitch, Colorado Department of Revenue officials said.

Beto O’Rourke to visit Aurora Thursday for town hall meeting on gun violence
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke will make his first campaign appearance in Colorado Thursday when he holds a town hall meeting at a restaurant in Aurora to discuss gun violence.

Denver weather: Slight chance of afternoon rain showers and thunderstorms Tuesday
Isolated rain showers and thunderstorms are forecast for Denver on Tuesday.

Man shot, killed in Montbello neighborhood Tuesday morning
Denver police are investigating a man's shooting death in the Montbello neighborhood as a homicide.


At least 2 shot and injured in midday gunfight in Wheat Ridge
Wheat Ridge police are investigating a gun battle in which two people were shot late Monday morning near Ames Street and 38th Avenue and then fled the scene to two...

Nearly $5.8 million in marijuana destroyed after authorities raid 40 illegal grows in southern Colorado
State and local law enforcement officers "eradicated" 40 clandestine marijuana grow sites in Las Animas County this summer by seizing and destroying nearly 6,000 pot plants with a street value...

5 aircraft, more than 100 firefighters to battle McNay fire northwest of Fort Collins
Authorities on Monday are mobilizing scores of firefighters, heavy equipment and several aircraft to battle the McNay fire burning about 10 miles west of Livermore and 30 miles northwest of...