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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 hit-and-run auto-pedestrian crash leaves person in serious condition
Denver police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who drove a car into a pedestrian early Wednesday morning, causing serious injuries.

Denver weather: Snow possible with rain, fog and thunderstorms
The foggy, drizzly morning will give way to afternoon rain showers and thunderstorms and eventually snow at night.

Two missing Highland neighborhood boys have been found unharmed
Two boys who disappeared Tuesday morning and were reported missing in Northwest Denver have been found safe, police reported Wednesday.

Denver woman who fatally shot girlfriend for making 911 call formally charged with murder
A 21-year-old woman who allegedly shot and killed her former girlfriend while she was on the line with a Denver police dispatcher was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder.

Denver weather: Hail possible along with snow, rain, fog and thunder
Light snow showers will turn to rain early Tuesday morning in the Denver metro area as snow will continue through the day in the mountains.

U.S. Olympic Committee lied about sexual assaults of athletes, lawsuit says
An insurance company sued the U.S. Olympic Committee in Denver federal court claiming its leaders falsely said they had no sexual assault incidents when in fact the problem was pervasive...

Denver police investigating fatal auto-pedestrian accident in LoDo
Denver police are investigating a fatal auto-pedestrian collision that happened in Lower Downtown late Sunday night.

Denver weather: Frigid temperatures could bring 2 inches of snow in the city, 2 feet in the mountains
Deep snowfall is forecast for the mountains Monday while Denver could get between 1 and 2 inches of slushy snow and frigid temperatures.

Long-time Denver soccer coach charged with child sexual assault
A 58-year-old soccer coach who was involved with numerous child soccer leagues across the Denver metro area has been charged with sexual assault on a child by someone in a...

Denver woman allegedly shot to death by ex-girlfriend while on the phone with 911 identified
A woman who was shot and killed early Thursday morning in Denver while she was on the phone with a Denver police dispatcher has been identified as a 20-year-old woman.