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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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Denver weather: Hot with slight chance of thunderstorms and rain
Above normal temperatures are expected Monday before isolated thunderstorms and rain showers are possible.

Denver homicide detectives investigate shooting death in East Colfax neighborhood
Denver homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that happened at East Colfax Avenue and North Verbena Street Sunday night.

A Pennsylvania manās DNA linked him to a 33-year-old Aurora homicide. He died by suicide this summer.
A Pennsylvania man, who fled Colorado after an Aurora stabbing death 33 years ago, committed suicide this summer after a detective told him that blood found in the victim's home...

Gunnison County woman guilty of tampering with corpse after brother’s remains buried with goat heads
A Gunnison woman has pleaded guilty to tampering with a corpse after her brother's bones were buried near a barrel filled with goat heads and covered with manure amidst a...

Denver weather: Near perfect conditions for viewing harvest moon this Friday the 13th
Weather conditions will be ideal for viewing a harvest moon above Denver Friday night, according to the forecast by the National Weather Service in Boulder.

Denver fourth grader stabbed 2 school employees with a stick
A fourth-grade student at Ellis Elementary School stabbed two staff members in the arms with a stick during an after-school program.

Denver detectives investigating man’s death as homicide
Denver police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a person's death early Thursday morning.

Denver weather: Temperatures are expected to remain in the 70s Thursday
Denver will be mild with a high temperature in the 70s Thursday under sunny skies.

Man arrested in Texas for investigation of killing man and dumping his body in Erie
A 48-year-old man has been arrested in Texas for investigation of murder in the death of a man whose body was dumpedĀ on an Interstate 25 frontage road in Erie and...

Threat of large hail and tornadoes in northeast Colorado, neighboring states under severe thunderstorm watch
Hail as large as apples, damaging wind gusts and even a couple of tornadoes are possible in a four-state area including northeast Colorado, according to a National Weather Service watch...