BODY FOUND ALONG SAND CREEK TRAIL
AURORA» A body was found Wednesday in Aurora along Sand Creek Trail, according to police.
About 1:55 p.m., people who were searching for a lost dog made the discovery, police said in a news release. The body was in the 2700 block of Sand Creek, a section that parallels East Fitzsimons Parkway just east of an RTD lightrail parking lot.
The body was not removed from the scene until Thursday because of the blizzard. The cause of death will be determined by the Adams County coroner’s office. An identity has not been released. Anyone who has information is asked to call police at 3037396068.
State Patrol seeking good Samaritan who helped trooper.
The State Patrol on Thursday put out a plea for people who witnessed a crash that killed a trooper on I76 during Wednesday’s blizzard to contact investigators.
The plea also included the search for a good Samaritan who rendered aid to Cpl. Daniel Groves, 52, at Wednesday’s scene just west of Roggen.
Groves was taken to Platte Valley Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call Investigator Jon Smith at 3032394501.
Groves was responding to a vehicle that had slid off the highway when he was hit by another driver.
Skier found unconscious on Copper Mountain dies at hospital.
A skier found unconscious Wednesday in a wooded area on the edge of a Copper Mountain ski run was taken to a hospital, where he later was pronounced dead.
The 63yearold skier was found about 4:45 p.m. and taken to the St. Anthony Copper Mountain Clinic, according to the Summit County Sheriff’s Office. His identity was not released.
New Mexico state Senate upholds ban on abortion.
FE» The New MexiSANTA co state Senate voted Thursday to uphold the state’s dormant criminal ban on abortion, as states across the country reevaluate local abortion laws in case the U.S. Supreme Court overturns a 1973 decision that made the procedure legal nationwide.
The Democratled Senate voted 2418 against a bill that would have removed the state’s prohibition on abortion.
The bill was supported by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and approved by the Legislature’s more politically progressive House.
A 1969 New Mexico statute made it a felony for an abortion provider to terminate a pregnancy, with exceptions for rape, birth defects and serious threats to a woman’s health. The law has been unenforceable for 45 years because of the high court’s ruling.
New Mexico is one of several states that retain abortion bans that are not enforced because of the Supreme Court decision.
Suspect in 1973 murder charged with sex acts on other kids.
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A Colorado man charged with the 1973 murder of an 11yearold girl in Southern California also faces charges of sex acts on two other girls.
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday charged 72yearold James Neal with lewd acts on two girls under 14 years old in Riverside County between 1995 and 2004.
Neal was extradited from Colorado after he was charged with the 1973 murder of 11yearold Linda O’Keefe in the seaside community of Newport Beach.
He is scheduled to be arraigned March 29. He is being held without bail.
O’Keefe disappeared while she was walking home from summer school, and her body was found the next day.
Investigators identified Neal as a suspect with help from genealogical DNA.
It’s unclear if he has an attorney.