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(CNN) — The man believed to be the one who killed Colorado’s prisons chief fantasized in a letter to a friend about torturing and killing guards at the state correctional facility where he was incarcerated. He signed it “Evil Evan Ebel.” Whether it was meant as a joke or something more sinister may never be […]

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo.  — Authorities are questioning two associates of the man suspected in the killing of the state prisons director, a law enforcement source close to the investigation said Thursday. The two men, whom the source declined to identify, are in addition to James Lohr, 47, and Thomas Guolee, 31, two men the […]

DENVER — Evan Ebel, the main suspect in the murders of Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements and pizza delivery driver Nathan Leon, signed his name with a swastika in a letter he wrote in prison that was confiscated because it threatened guards, FOX31 Denver learned Wednesday. The letter was written to Shawna, a female pen […]

DENVER — Authorities knew the ankle bracelet on parole Evan Ebel was tampered with  days before he allegedly killed pizza delivery driver Nathan Leon and state prisons chief Tom Clements, new documents show. Ebel was released from prison on January 28, 2013 and was supposed to wear an ankle monitor. According to state documents, Ebel […]

DENVER — Evan Spencer Ebel, the man suspected in a crime spree that included the murders of Colorado Department of Corrections head Tom Clements and Denver pizza delivery driver Nathan Leon, was released up to four years early due to a clerical error by Fremont County courts, a review of case records has found. The 11th […]

The following is the full text of a media release by the 11th Judicial District (including Chaffee, Custer, Fremont and Park Counties) regarding a clerical mistake involving Evan Spencer Ebel.     The district court, in response to media inquiry, has reviewed the record in Fremont County case number 07CR105, People of the State of Colorado […]

KAUFMAN, Texas (CNN) — Kaufman County is on edge. Two prosecutors killed in two months, including the district attorney, gunned down in his home over the weekend. What’s going on? Is someone assassinating prosecutors? As armed guards surround the Kaufman County Courthouse and police shrouded some public officials in around-the-clock protection, it seems there are […]

KAUFMAN, Texas (CNN) — A Texas community is on edge after a district attorney who said he would put away the “scum” who killed a colleague two months ago was shot to death alongside his wife in his home Saturday night. Kaufman County Judge Bruce Wood said he thought there was a “strong connection” between […]

(KDVR) — After a high speed chase and shoot-out with police ended with Evan Ebel’s death in Texas, documents reveal investigators discovered key pieces of evidence inside his car. Detectives found bomb-making materials and instructions, as well as surveillance equipment, and many handwritten documents — including what sources are calling a hit list. The list […]

DENVER –Sources say the man suspected of killing Colorado Dept. of Corrections Director Tom Clements and Denver pizza delivery driver Nathan Leon may have had more targets. They tell FOX31 Denver that they found a hit list among all of the other items in Evan Ebel’s vehicle. He died a week ago in a wild […]

DENVER — A Commerce City woman accused of giving a gun to Evan Ebel, the prime suspect in the murder investigation of DOC director Tom Clements, made her first court appearance Thursday morning. Stevie Vigil, 22, appeared in an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs in Arapahoe County Court. The judge decided to keep her bond at […]

DENVER — A woman from Commerce City has been arrested after authorities accused her of providing the gun that was used to kill Colorado Department of Corrections Director Tom Clements. The Colorado Bureau of Investigations announced Wednesday night that Stevie Vigil, 22, was in custody. The CBI says she sold the gun to murder suspect […]