Cold Cases in Colorado
ColdCaseIndex documents 18 cold cases in Colorado, spanning 1984–2024. 5 of these cases remain fully unsolved. Each case page includes documented details, status, and information on how to submit a tip.
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JonBenét Ramsey (DNA testing)
In 2024, Colorado authorities approved advanced DNA testing in the JonBenét Ramsey case using new forensic technology. The testing of touch DNA evidence could potentially identify the unknown male profile.
Barry Morphew (arrest detail)
Barry Morphew was arrested for the murder of his wife Suzanne in 2021. He also illegally cast her ballot for Trump. Murder charges were dropped in 2022 but he was convicted of the ballot fraud.
Gannon Stauch
Eleven-year-old Gannon Stauch was murdered by his stepmother Letecia Stauch in Colorado Springs. She transported his body to Florida. She was found guilty but not guilty by reason of insanity.
Gannon Stauch (Letecia trial)
Letecia Stauch murdered her 11-year-old stepson Gannon in Colorado Springs and transported his body to Florida. She was found guilty but not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a state institution.
Suzanne Morphew
Suzanne Morphew disappeared on Mother's Day in Chaffee County, Colorado. Her husband Barry Morphew was arrested in 2021 and charged with murder. Charges were dismissed in 2022 due to prosecutorial misconduct. Barry was r
Suzanne Morphew (Barry trial)
Barry Morphew was initially charged with the murder of his wife Suzanne, but charges were dropped in 2022 due to lost evidence. Suzanne's remains were found in 2023 and new charges were filed.
Kelsey Berreth
Pilot and flight instructor Kelsey Berreth was murdered on Thanksgiving Day by her fiancé Patrick Frazee in Woodland Park, Colorado. He burned her body. Frazee was sentenced to life.
Shanann Watts & Family
Shanann Watts and her two young daughters Bella and Celeste were murdered by her husband Chris Watts in Frederick, Colorado. He also killed their unborn son. Chris Watts confessed and pleaded guilty to avoid the death pe
Shanann, Bella & Celeste Watts
Chris Watts murdered his pregnant wife Shanann and their daughters Bella (4) and Celeste (3) in Frederick, Colorado. He disposed of their bodies at his work site. He was sentenced to life.
Kelsie Schelling
Kelsie Schelling, a 21-year-old woman who was eight weeks pregnant, vanished in 2013 after driving from Denver to Pueblo, Colorado, to meet her boyfriend, Donthe Lucas. Her body was never found, but Lucas was convicted o
Dylan Redwine
Thirteen-year-old Dylan Redwine disappeared during a court-ordered visit with his father Mark in Bayfield, Colorado. Mark Redwine was convicted of his murder in 2021.
Dylan Redwine (Mark Redwine trial)
Thirteen-year-old Dylan Redwine was murdered during a court-ordered visit with his father Mark near Durango, Colorado. Mark was convicted in 2021 after Dylan's remains were found.
Jessica Ridgeway
Ten-year-old Jessica Ridgeway was abducted while walking to school in Westminster, Colorado. Her remains were found in pieces over several days. Austin Sigg, a 17-year-old, confessed to her murder and was sentenced to li
Oakey 'Al' Kite
Aurora, Colorado engineer Oakey Kite was tortured and murdered in his home by someone posing as a prospective tenant. DNA from the scene has never been matched. The killer used a fake identity and may be a serial offende
JonBenét Ramsey
Six-year-old beauty pageant winner found dead in the basement of her family's home on the morning after Christmas. A ransom note demanding $118,000 was found, but JonBenét had never left the house. She had been struck on
Peggy Hettrick
Peggy Hettrick was found mutilated in a field in Fort Collins. Tim Masters was wrongfully convicted in 1999 and served nine years before his conviction was vacated in 2008 using new DNA and forensic evidence. The actual
Christopher Enoch Abeyta
Seven-month-old Christopher Abeyta was taken from his crib in his family's Colorado Springs home overnight in July 1986. Despite an open garage-door-opener clue, a suspected former girlfriend of his father, and decades o
Jonelle Matthews
Jonelle Matthews, a 12-year-old girl, vanished from her Greeley, Colorado home in December 1984 after a Christmas choir concert. Her remains were found in 2019, and former neighbor Steve Pankey was convicted of felony mu