Dying To Testify (Witness Protection Series) - The Denver Post
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Day 1: Witnesses killed statewide despite protection program Javad Marshall-Fields foresaw his future.
He had survived two bullet wounds, watched his friend die and agreed to testify against one of the gunmen who shot three people at a July 4 party. Now he was at a sports bar, where a stranger called him by name, identified him as a witness and warned, "You're a marked man."
"They are going to kill me," Marshall-Fields told his friends. He was right.
Murdered witness haunts detective For nine years, detective Steve Hipp has lived with the memories of finding his witness murdered.
Shawn Cerniglia & Carrie Heiden In Douglas County, 16-year-old Shawn Cerniglia and his girlfriend, Carrie Heiden, were bound and gagged, stuffed into a car, taken to a field and shot execution-style in 2003.
Day 2: Living in fear, on their own Their journey into a life of fear began when they testified in court to save their daughter's life.
Shadowed by fear, woman fends for herself In Pueblo, two men were accused last year of plotting in jail to have witnesses against them killed.
Living on edge, guns at the ready Robin and Donna Grimes live on a quiet middle-class street in Colorado Springs, El Paso's county seat, with their two youngest children.
Day 3: Aid disparity leaves some witnesses in lurch Early last year, LaToya "Tiny" Ray threw a few possessions into a U-Haul truck and rode off with her son into the Colorado witness protection program.
"Anti-snitch" culture lets killers walk Killers walk the streets of Denver because witnesses are too intimidated to say what they saw.
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