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Can
You Help Solve a Crime?
by
Sheriff Ted Mink
In
late 2010, investigators arrested a suspect in the 2005 murder of Patrick
Housand, a 70-year-old Aspen Park resident who had been murdered outside
his home. Sheldon Lee Herrington, the victim's former son-in-law, is
accused of killing Mr. Housand as he left for work.
The case went unsolved for almost six years until a tip from the public
gave investigators what they needed to arrest the suspect. We're still
working on other unsolved cases, including the ones listed below. Can your
tip help us solve one of these crimes?
 Nonnie Dotson: Air Force
nurse vanished from south Jeffco
This disappearance has troubled investigators for more than four years. The
33-year-old Air Force nurse from San Antonio was visiting her brother in
south Jefferson County on November 19, 2006. She was last seen at her
brother's house near Kipling and C-470.
Dotson was to report back to the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio two
days after she went missing. She had met up with friends at the Grizzly
Rose bar in Denver the night before her disappearance, and had visited a
dating website for single parents on the morning of her disappearance.
Dotson is white, 5'3", 115, with long brown hair and brown eyes.
Stephanie Hart and
Nicholas Kunselman: The "Subway homicides"
On February 14, 2000, Columbine High School students Stephanie Hart and
Nicholas Kunselman were found dead at the Subway sandwich shop at 6768 W.
Coal Mine Ave. in south Jeffco. Hart, 16, had stopped at the restaurant to
pick up Kunselman, 15, her boyfriend, at the end of his shift. A coworker
later discovered their bodies.
Witnesses saw a young man leaving the Subway store via the back door after
midnight. He was described as a white male, 16-18 years old, about
5'7", 150-170 lbs, clean-shaven, with longer blond hair.
CrimeStoppers is offering up to $2,000, and the Subway sandwich chain is
offering $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of
the killer.
Sexual assault on
boy at The Ridge Recreation Center
On August 21, 2010, a ten-year-old boy visiting The Ridge Recreation Center
at 6613 S. Ward Street told his parents he was sexually assaulted in the
men's locker room while he was getting dressed after swimming. The suspect
is described as a white man with a dark tan, or possibly a Latino man,
5'08" to 5'10" tall, with short, dark hair. The man is thought to
be 18-25 years old, and may have a mole near his right eye. Another sexual
assault on a 16-year-old boy occurred at The Ridge in April, 2010.
Investigators are unsure if these two incidents are related.
Vandalism at Mother
Cabrini Shrine
Overnight on November 14, 2010, vandals heavily damaged four statues at the
Mother Cabrini Shrine on Lookout Mountain, doing thousands of dollars'
worth of damage. The statues may have been shot.
Tip
your sheriff
Do you have any information that may help investigators solve one of the
crimes listed here? If you do, please call our tip line at 303-271-5612 or
e-mail us at aburns@jeffco.us. With your help, we can solve mysteries new
and old, and bring criminals to justice.
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