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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 — 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 […]

WARNING: The call included in the video includes some audio that some listeners might find disturbing. LONGMONT, Colo. — Two lives intersected in the most unfortunate way when a woman was attacked in Longmont on Wednesday. Many are saying Michelle Wilkins may not have survived had it not been for the dispatcher who stayed on […]

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 […]

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 […]

LONGMONT, Colo. — A Facebook posting in January on a site dedicated to breastfeeding moms is especially eerie in light of the arrest of 34-year-old Dynel Lane for the stabbing of a 26-year-old Michelle Wilkins. “It`s haunting to look back and read those words and see that I said this is possible,” said Elizabeth Petrucelli.  […]

LONGMONT, Colo. — A 26-year-old woman who was seven months pregnant is recovering in the hospital after she was stabbed in the stomach while answering a Craigslist ad for baby clothes and her fetus was then cut from the womb. Officers with the Longmont Police Department were called to the 1600 block of Green Place […]

DENVER — Here are your 10 Things to Know for Monday, March 23, 2015. 1. Police praise pregnant woman hurt in Craigslist attack Michelle Wilkins was seven months’ pregnant when she responded to a Craigslist ad about baby clothes for sale only to be attacked and have the fetus cut out of her. First responders are […]

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 […]