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Homicide

Murder victim honored at sentencing

Murder victim honored at sentencing

20-year-old killer gets 30 years in prison

September 2, 2014

Judge to sentence convicted killer

Judge to sentence convicted killer

deal calls for 30-year term

September 1, 2014

Murder suspect ruled competent to stand trial

Murder suspect ruled competent to stand trial

woman allegedly stabbed man seven times, heard ‘demons’

Cortez teen pleads guilty to murder

Cortez teen pleads guilty to murder

Begay faces 30 years behind bars

Murder suspect’s hearing delayed

Murder suspect’s hearing delayed

Competency evaluation still unavailable

Suspect pleads not guilty

Suspect pleads not guilty

trial scheduled for September

Competency hearing scheduled for suspect in stabbing death

Competency hearing scheduled for suspect in stabbing death

District Court Judge Todd Plewe ordered the May 6 competency hearing during a status conference on Thursday, March 20. He…

District judge puts CBI on notice

District judge puts CBI on notice

‘reluctantly’ delays case, demands evidence

Murder suspect claims insanity

Murder suspect claims insanity

Defendant appears to talk with herself

February 11, 2014

A week in court: murder, fire, sex and firearms

A week in court: murder, fire, sex and firearms

In custody on a $250,000 cash-only bond, Valerie Espinoza, 38, was indicted by a county grand jury in October in…

December 20, 2013

Murder suspect granted $250,000 bond

Murder suspect granted $250,000 bond

Judge: Espinoza ‘a serious flight risk’

October 21, 2013

Judge denies gag order for suspected shooter

Judge denies gag order for suspected shooter

Public defender Zach Brown argued Monday, Oct. 7, before District Court Judge Doug Walker that his client, 19-year-old Jeroen Begay…

October 11, 2013

Woman’s murder charges to be reduced

Woman’s murder charges to be reduced

Espinoza indicted on 1 count of second-degree murder

October 11, 2013

Murder suspect appears in court

Murder suspect appears in court

hearing for Valerie Espinoza set for Oct. 9

September 26, 2013

12-gauge, butcher knife used in separate killings

12-gauge, butcher knife used in separate killings

First-degree murder charges filed in both crimes

September 23, 2013

Police make arrests in separate homicides

Police make arrests in separate homicides

Cortez Police Chief Roy Lane said Bureau of Indian Affair officials arrested Jeroen Begay, 19, of Cortez in Kayenta, Ariz.,…

September 20, 2013

Cortez has 2nd homicide in a week

Cortez has 2nd homicide in a week

Sam Green/Cortez Journal<br><br>Crime scene investigators with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation proc Charles Chavez, 62, of Cortez was killed at…

September 19, 2013

Gunman remains free after shootings

Gunman remains free after shootings

Police executed a search warrant for the house at 236 S. Chestnut on Thursday morning in connection to the homicide…

September 18, 2013

21-year-old fatally shot

21-year-old fatally shot

also wounded; Cortez police yet to make an arrest

September 16, 2013

Hampson sentenced to 25 years

Hampson sentenced to 25 years

Hampsondu1-i-syn Hampson, 28, pled guilty to second degree murder for killing Jonathan Hayes, 27, whose body was found by hikers…