Denver Crime Report newsletter
Missing people in metro Denver: Missing Indigenous man last seen in Washington-Virginia Vale • Denver library branch closed after hazmat investigation
 

Friday, October 2, 2026

 

Man found dead near Commons Park in Denver

Denver police are investigating a homicide after a man was found dead near Commons Park on Thursday.

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Missing people in metro Denver: Missing Indigenous man last seen in Washington-Virginia Vale

A 33-year-old man is missing after he was last seen in Denver’s Washington-Virginia Vale neighborhood in early September, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

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Denver library branch closed after hazmat investigation

Preliminary testing found “a powerful narcotics-related substance not approved for human use or consumption,” Denver Department of Public Safety officials said.

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Man fatally struck by train in Greeley initially stepped away from the tracks, police say

A train conductor blew the horn when they saw a man walking alongside the train tracks in Greeley, before the train struck and killed the man. 

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Colorado charter school leaders failed to intervene when Black student was threatened and harassed, lawsuit claims

The harassment included students showing the teen a video with racial slurs and reenacting the video in front of him.

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Denver man gets 40 years in prison for murder in wife’s shooting death

A Denver man who shot and killed his wife with his son asleep in the next room will spend the next four decades in prison, a judge ruled Wednesday.

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RTD bus driver cited for running red light after crash in Denver’s East Colfax rapid transit lane

Two people were injured when an RTD bus ran a red light and collided with a truck on East Colfax two days after bus rapid-transit lanes opened.

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1 person hit and killed by train near Greeley

One person is dead after being hit by a train along U.S. 34 in Evans early Wednesday morning.