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On May 17, 2009, The Latest Word launched the Mile High Murderarchive. Today marks MHM's fourth anniversary, and as is clear from the following compilation of cases we've covered over the previous 365 days, it's been a very grim year.

Example: Last year on this date, the archive's total was 49. This year, it's 77 -- so many that in order to include interactive maps, videos or photos from each, we had to break the list into two sections. See part two below, and click to access part one.

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On May 17, 2009, The Latest Word launched the Mile High Murder archive. Today marks MHM's fourth anniversary, and as is clear from the cases we've covered over the previous 365 days, it's been a very grim year.

Example: Last year on this date, the archive's total was 49. This year, it's 77 -- so many that in order to include interactive maps, videos or photos from each, we had to break the list into two sections. See part one below and click to access part two.

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Update: On Monday, we told you about a double stabbing in south Jeffco stemming from a domestic incident involving a couple said to be in their sixties. One person died, while the other was hospitalized.

We've now got the names of the pair involved, and one of them -- Michael Schreiber -- was actually 79 at the time of his death. His wife, Sandra Schreiber, is 69 and still alive, although in a great deal of trouble with the law. Upon her release from the hospital, she will be accused of murder. Details below.

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Update: We've been covering the switchblade murder of homeless, wheelchair-bound Francis Reade near an Aurora shopping complex; see our original items below. Now, however, info from a police report has surfaced that makes what was obviously a senseless act seem even more gruesome and horrible. The document quotes Shawn Lopez, who's been arrested for the crime, as implying he killed Reade more for a creepy thrill than the money he stole from her -- a handful of change he spent on chewing tobacco.

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Update: Another weekend murder victim has been identified by the Denver coroner's office, this time in regard to a body found in a car parked at a 17th and Federal Denny's.

The victim was Antonio James Hill, age 41.

Meanwhile, the person Denver police believe is responsible for Hill's death is nineteen-year-old Taylor Bandy, who's been taken into custody on suspicion of homicide.

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Update: The Denver coroner's office has identified the woman shot to death in view of family members near 44th and Sherman as part of an apparent murder-suicide attempt.

Her name was Maria Rodela, and she was 34 years old; she's seen here in a photo from her Facebook page. She died at the hands of her estranged husband, Genaro Rodela, 37, who subsequently fired a bullet into his own chest. He's expected to survive -- and to face charges related to his wife's death.

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If it seems to you that the number of homicides in the metro area has gone up since the weather has improved, you're right. There were three this weekend alone, including a fatal shooting at a Denny's near 17th and Federal and a murder-attempted suicide outside a home at 44th and Sherman.

The third such crime took place in Aurora and left a thus-far-unidentified man dead.

The details shared thus far are below.

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Last week, we told you about the decision of the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office to name Miguel Angel Ita, fifteen, as the prosecutorial target in a fatal Lakewood stabbing and begin the procedure to try him as an adult.

That process has changed, and not for the better in the view of Jeffco DA Pete Weir. He laments the inability to use a method called "direct file" to simply move Ita's case directly to adult court. Get details and see photos and a video below.

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Update: Two people have been arrested in the April 24 shooting death of Charles Edward Harris; see our previous coverage below.

The pair in custody are Daryl Thompson Sr. and Daryl Thompson Jr. They're a father and son reportedly nicknamed Big Mad Dog and Little Mad Dog.

The elder Thompson has plenty of gang arrests on his record -- but is he also a born-again Christian and anti-gang activist?

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As the weather has warmed up, the number of homicides in the metro area has escalated in a disturbing way. We added three new posts to our Mile High Murder archive last week alone, and early Saturday morning, another homicide took place outside a Denny's restaurant.

The victim: Chris Haney, a beloved employee of the Gothic Theatre who had a young daughter. The arrestees: Robert Bernal and a juvenile said to be Bernal's little brother. Details, photos and video below.

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