An arrest has been made and a suspect extradited in a Denver chilly case homicide relationship again greater than 25 years.
The physique of then 35-year-old Terri Turachak was discovered inside her condo on Oct. 5, 1996, in accordance with a Friday information launch from the Denver District Lawyer’s Workplace. Turachak had been strangled and suffered blows to her head.
DNA related to the homicide has been matched to Ricky Dawson, who was additionally 35 on the time of the incident. Homicide expenses had been filed in opposition to Dawson earlier this yr. The 62-year-old suspect was extradited from Florida to Denver and he appeared Thursday in court docket the place he was suggested of expenses in opposition to him — one depend of first-degree homicide after deliberation, and one depend of first-degree homicide predicate tried sexual assault.
Dawson’s subsequent scheduled court docket look is on March 23.
It is a growing story.