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DENVER — State Republican legislators introduced a bill in the state Senate on Tuesday that would make the killing of a fetus a homicide in certain cases. The bill was inspired by the case of Michelle Wilkins, the Longmont woman who was seven months pregnant when police said she responded to an ad on Craigslist […]

DENVER — Here are your 10 Things to Know for Wednesday, April 8, 2015. 1. Michelle Wilkins again expresses thanks: ‘My heart is full of gratitude’ Michelle Wilkins, the pregnant Longmont woman who was viciously attacked while answering a Craigslist ad for baby clothes and then had her baby taken out of her womb, expressed […]

LONGMONT, Colo. – Michelle Wilkins, the pregnant Longmont woman who was viciously attacked while answering a Craigslist ad for baby clothes and then had her baby taken out of her womb, expressed her thanks in another note posted to her GoFundMe page on Wednesday morning. Wilkins writes that she reads all of the cards that […]

DENVER — State Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt of Colorado Springs apologized for controversial comments he made about the vicious attack against a Longmont mother-to-be. But his apology was not enough for House Republicans, who disciplined the lawmaker Monday. Just days after Michelle Wilkins was stabbed while answering a Craigslist ad for baby clothes, her unborn baby […]

LONGMONT, Colo. — Michelle Wilkins, the seven months pregnant woman who was attacked and had her baby taken from her womb in a vicious attack earlier this month, thanked the public for its prayers and contributions, and said her unborn daughter Aurora “is a light being now.” The statement was posted on the GoFundMe page […]

BOULDER, Colo. — The suspect accused of stabbing a pregnant woman and cutting her fetus out of her womb was not charged with murder for the baby’s death on Friday, but she was charged with first degree attempted murder as well as unlawful termination of a pregnancy in the first degree.

LONGMONT, Colo. — State Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt refused to apologize Thursday after calling the death of an unborn Longmont child who was cut out of a pregnant woman’s stomach an ‘act of God.’ On Friday, the family of Michelle Wilkins, the victim in the bizarre and tragic case, refunded a $1,000 donation from Klingenschmitt, R-Colorado Springs, that was intended […]

BOULDER, Colo. — An autopsy performed on the 34-week fetus that was cut out of Michelle Wilkins’ womb during an attack earlier this month showed no signs of life, the Boulder County Coroner’s Office said Friday.

BOULDER, Colo. — The suspect accused of stabbing a pregnant woman and cutting her fetus out of her womb will not be charged with murder for the baby’s death, according to Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett. Wilkins, who was seven months pregnant, was responding to an ad on Craigslist for baby clothes on March […]

DENVER — Facing rising outrage from Democrats and his fellow Republicans, State Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt refused to apologize Thursday for his comments on his evangelical YouTube program attributing the death of an unborn child, cut out of a pregnant woman’s stomach, to an act of God. “I believe the Bible and I quoted the Bible […]

LONGMONT, Colo. — For the fourth time in two weeks, there has been a stabbing in Longmont, and this time, police say it was over Facebook postings. The Longmont Police Department said that at about 9 p.m. Wednesday, two men from the Denver area drove to the 300 block of 23rd Avenue where they say […]

LONGMONT, Colo. — Michelle Wilkins, the pregnant woman who was stabbed and had her baby cut from her womb, has been released from the hospital, a family member said Wednesday.