Violence in Four Mile
I'm sure that many of you have been seeing press reports about the "Guffey Homicides". The Denver Post (http://www.denverpost.com/news/news0106a.htm), Denver Rocky Mountain News (http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/0107guff3.shtml) and Colorado Springs Gazette (http://www.gazette.com/daily/top1a.html and http://www.gazette.com/daily/top1b.html) have up-to-date information if you want to follow along. Those URLs are probably temporary, so if they don't work when you try them, go to the paper's main website and search on "guffey".
Interesting, but the Dutcher murders did not even take place in Guffey...guess it's the closest town. But if the the newsies use it, that keeps the name "Four Mile" out of news...just the way we like it. The Dutcher's lived in Bear Trap, which is in the middle of our Four Mile Community. They are our neighbors and friends and we are saddened by their passing. Tony, their grandson, lived in Colorado Springs, but visited his grandparents often (as did I when I was a lad)...he, too, will be missed.
We know that the one incident (Mandell-Wainer) that did occur in Guffey is a separate incident from the Dutcher murders (Carl, Joanna and Tony). The authorities have not published any motive, method, reason or suspect for the Dutcher murders, so Four Mile residents remain uneasy...keeping their doors locked and their protective devices ready.