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Mar. 16, 2025

Colo. Man Battling Incurable Cancer Marries Fiancée: 'We Suddenly Saw That We Didn't Have Forever'

Catherine Hammond and Brian Van Way.Photo: Marisa Youngblood Two days after being told that his incurable cancer had come back, Brian Van Way proposed to his girlfriend. At their wedding two weeks ago, he stumbled during his vows when he talked about how he may not have very long to live. “It seems like such a shame. It seems like such extraordinary sadness, to find such a beautiful thing and then to know that it’s probably not going to last very long,” Brian, 52, tells PEOPLE.

Mar. 16, 2025

Colo. Man Convicted of Murder After Killing His Friend Then Hiding His Body Inside Makeshift Tomb

A Colorado man was convicted on Thursday of first-degree murder and tampering with a deceased human body in connection with the death of his childhood friend.Shane Nelson visited the home of his childhood friend Russell Montoya Jr. on Nov 8, 2019, when Montoya “fired four shots over the course of approximately 12 seconds” at Nelson following a verbal altercation, the Adams County District Attorney’s Office revealed in apress release. The victim, age 38, died at the scene.

Mar. 16, 2025

Colo. Man Dies After Setting Himself on Fire in Front of U.S. Supreme Court Building, Police Say

The U.S. Supreme Court.Photo: Alex Wong/Getty A man who allegedly set himself on fire at the Supreme Court plaza in Washington, D.C., on Friday has died, PEOPLE confirms. The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department tells PEOPLE that the man has been identified as 50-year-old Wynn Bruce of Boulder, Colorado. Bruce was airlifted to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries, according to D.C. police. The U.S. Capitol Police firstreported on Twitterthat a helicopter had landed near the Capitol “for a medical emergency” around 6:45 p.

Mar. 16, 2025

Colo. Man Killed Wife, Then Left Her Body in Garage Trash Can with Their Kids Inside Home

Photo: FacebookA Colorado man who fatally shot his wife and dumped her body in a trash can in their garage has been convicted of murder.On Tuesday, a jury found Keith Zotto guilty of murder in the first-degree in connection with the 2019 death of his wife, Amber Lynn Zotto, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Officeannounced in a press release.“This man had no regard for a human life, even when it was his wife and the mother of his children,” John Kellner, 18th Judicial District Attorney, said in a statement.

Mar. 16, 2025

Colo. Man Receives Record 20-Year Prison Sentence for Teen's Fentanyl Death: 'Lives Are at Stake'

Photo: Colorado Springs Police Department. A Colorado Springs man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after selling fentanyl-laced pills to a teenager, which resulted in his death. After hepleaded guiltyin August, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Coloradoannounced the record-breaking sentenceagainst Nathaniel David Corser, 23, in a news release on Thursday, the heaviest federal punishment yet for the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. “Selling these drugs these days is not the same as selling drugs before,” said Judge Daniel D.