GOLDEN — A former Nevada prison inmate was found guilty of murder on Thursday, his second conviction in a long unsolved killing involving a hammer in the Denver area nearly 40 years ago. Jurors found Alex Ewing guilty in the killing of Patricia Smith in Lakewood in 1984 after more than four hours of deliberations, The […]
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Ex-Nevada inmate gets life for 1984 Aurora hammer killings
A former Nevada prison inmate was sentenced Tuesday to three consecutive life sentences in the long-unsolved 1984 hammer killings of three Colorado family members, including a 7-year-old girl, inside their suburban Denver home. Sixty-one-year-old Alex Ewing was convicted Aug. 6 of first degree murder after a two-day trial in which prosecutors contended Ewing used a […]
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Ex-Nevada inmate convicted in 1984 Colorado hammer killings
CENTENNIAL — A former Nevada prison inmate has been convicted of first-degree murder in the 1984 hammer and knife slayings of three members of a Colorado family, including a 7-year-old girl. Alex Ewing, 60, was found guilty of all counts Friday by an Arapahoe County jury, The Denver Post reports. The verdicts come after DNA evidence […]
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Mother of man killed in 1984 Aurora hammer attack testifies
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press CENTENNIAL — Connie Bennett had a birthday gift to deliver to her granddaughter for her upcoming 8th birthday, so, at the end of a busy weekend nearly 40 years ago, she stopped by to drop off the organ and had an impromptu early celebration with cake and ice cream […]
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Ex-Nevada inmate going on trial in Aurora hammer killings
CENTENNIAL — A former Nevada inmate accused of using a hammer to kill four people in the Denver area is going on trial nearly four decades after the slayings. Jury selection was scheduled to begin Friday for Alex Ewing in the deaths of Bruce and Debra Bennett and their 7-year-old daughter Melissa in Aurora in […]