FIREFIGHTERS RESCUE ELUSIVE DOG TRAPPED UNDER HOUSE
Firefighters from multiple agencies on Tuesday rescued an elusive dog that had been trapped underneath her Centennial home since Monday morning.
Shouts of joy were heard as Littleton firefighters freed the dog and reunited her with anxious owners and family.
“We’re not quite sure why she got in there,” South Metro Fire Rescue spokesperson Kim Spuhler said. “If she was chasing a bunny or scared of a sound.”
What they do know is that Luna, an 8-year-old Jack Russell terrier, couldn’t seem to find her way back out.
The 1970s home is located near South Colorado Boulevard and East Dry Creek Road, Spuhler said.
Multiple agencies — including South Metro, Littleton Fire and Centennial Animal Control — had to contend with an addition to the residence that created “secret spaces” underneath the home.
“We came back today and we brought in heavy rescue to work through some cement to get her out,” Spuhler said.
The team cut through parts of the deck, but hadn’t cut into the foundation, Spuhler said.
Rescue workers in the home’s basement listened for Luna’s barks to try to give their counterparts a better idea of where to dig.
A crew made visual contact with Luna at about 3 p.m. They got her out about 90 minutes later.
Man’s body pulled from lake in Wheat Ridge.
A man’s body was pulled from a lake in Wheat Ridge on Monday.
The body was found in Tabor Lake, just south of West 44th Avenue and Interstate 70, according to police.
A water rescue team with the Arvada Fire Protection District retrieved the body and brought it to shore. Members tried to resuscitate the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. A passer-by called 911 at about 4:30 p.m. to report seeing a man in the water who was in distress, police said. Investigators could not immediately say how the man came to be in the lake.
A police investigation into the death is ongoing.
Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for Thornton infant’s death.
A 20year-old man was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison for the death of an infant.
Isaiah Marquez pleaded guilty on May 9 to child abuse causing death, according to the Adams County District Attorney’s Office.
On May 1, 2017, Thornton police were called to 9198 Gale Blvd., where they found a 3-month-old boy, Leo Garcia, unresponsive.
Marquez was caring for the infant while his girlfriend and the baby’s mother, Samantha Garcia, left the house to get their dinner, according to a news release.
Leo suffered severe head trauma, including a skull fracture and brain hemorrhages. He was pronounced dead at North Suburban Medical Center.
Suspect in cold case homicide of deputy district attorney dies in Arapahoe County Jail.
A 70-year-old suspect arrested last year in a cold case homicide, the 1999 killing of Deputy District Attorney Rebecca Bartee, has died in jail.
Robert Williams, who was receiving end-of-life care in the week prior to his death, died Saturday, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office. He suffered from a chronic illness.
Williams was arrested Aug. 17, 2017, as a suspect in Bartee’s death. Her body was found June 7, 1999, in her Centennial apartment in the 6500 block of South Dayton Street.