the verdict was read. the jury deliberated 6 hours going through the gruesome details that wilkins unborn baby girl did not survive. sentencing is in april. 9 news legal analyst scot robinson explains. >> the attempted first degree murder charge carries up to 48 years of which lane will have to do at least 36 because of the classification as a violent crime. the real question for the court is: are those other crimes separate enough to justify one another? in prison. >> after wilkins spoke with reporter she invited or kyle clark to have a one on one. kyle is the only denver tv reporter who michelle spoke with and he joins us. >> michelle wilkins is an

peaceful, full of love, and she forgives her attacker. she says not a day goes by she doesn't feel her daughter in her life and this morning before going to court, she lit a candle for aurora at the memorial she set up for her in boulder. they are forever connected. she told me and 2 local newspaper reporters and a german reporter who gathered with her how she held her daughter days after the attack. >> it was a really, another example of the paradox of life being extremely beautiful and extremely cruel and i did all the things that, you know, a mom would want to do. i read to her, i dressed her. um, i held her. but knowing she wasn't-- that she was only present in spirit and not physically was a really

>> as sad as that experience was, michelle then started to smile and giggle, saying how dad's feet. she is grateful for the time she had with her daughter. coming up only on 9 news, what michelle has to say about her attacker. >> is she back in colorado? she had gone back east for a while. >> she was living with family, her parents in the dc area. she said she was called back to colorado, and this is really where healing has stepped up. she is living in boulder and says she will be here for a while because this is really feels like home. >> we look forward to hearing more from her. >> she is amazing. it has been a bad week for the man caught trying to sell convicted felons guns through youtube, he is accused of prostitution. kenneth francis offered to buy anyone a gun, after the atf did an undercover buy he was arrested for trying to sell a felon a gun.

federal prosecutor told the judge francis should not be as a prostitute. francis works in massage business online claiming to offer extra services. a judge granted his release under a $10,000 bond. about 2/3 of the people who might have been exposed to a blood born illness at swedish medical center have been tested after the hospital fired the surgical tech who tried to swap syringes to steal a pain killer. we don't know how many patients tested positive for disease. 9 news reporter victoria sanchez says the testing process can take a long time. >> federal prosecutors say rocky allen used his position at hospitals in 4 different states to get his hands on the powerful pain killer, fentanyl. >> go to great lengths in order to feed the addiction, that does include things like drug diversion and putting other patient s at risk, lying, whatever it takes.

medical officer and is helping investigate allen and his time at swedish medical center where he allegedly tried to swap out a syringe of the drug with another substance. federal prosecutors say the former surgical technician has a blood born pathogen but not saying which. swedish is asking 2900 patients to be tested for hepatitis b, c, and hiv. >> you would expect in a population of 3,000 folks, that at least, you know, 6, 7, 8 people may come back or likely to come back positive just as a result of other type of contact, not necessarily as a result of exposure to this particular health care employee. >> interpreting the resulticize complicated. -- results is complicated. the health department takes the positive results and tries to figure out the origin by interviewing the patient. all the patients who test positive then get a second test. if that is also positive, the

for disease control where viral sequencing can help answer the question of which positive results stem from exposure at swedish. >> the testing process could take months, 2 hospitals in arizona and 1 in clorn where allen briefly worked and was let go is also offering patients testing. >> we still hear from people in colorado who wonder if, perhaps, they should be tested but haven't been contacted. >> swedish made an effort to make sure everybody who was possibly exposed has been contacted. that is the 2900 who have been contacted. if you haven't been contacted, you are not at risk for being exposed and we will hear, hopefully the next month or 2 about the positive results from this group, if any. >> thank you. any snow we got today didn't last long in the metio area, different story-- metro area, different story in nederland and genessee seeing a foot of snow. the flurries this morning were

to sun and temperatures warm enough to melt the roads and most the grass. tomorrow will be warming up again. kathy has a look in a bit, including what to expect for this weekend's outdoor hockey game at coors field. colorado schools are not training for an active shooter scenario like experts say they should. the state doesn't mandate training and doesn't offer instructions on how schools should do it themselves. 9 news reporter anastasiya bolton took her findings to people who could change the situation. >> we took it to the capitol, senate majority leader, the co- co-author of clair davis safety act said schools can be sued if a student dies or injured because of school violence, liable starting next summer. shuffle says parentvise a

reasonable expectations students are safe. we found schools are on heightened alert to do something, but what does that look like? who pays for it? that is unclear. >> we are always under the gun, trying to get funding, and we need better fundic, i think, for certain things like that. >> to make sure everybody understands parents can have an expectation their kids be safe in school is reasonable. the schools ought to conduct themselves reasonably in doing that. so much of that came down to noticing, caring, taking prudent steps and a lot of that does not take money. >> the legislature funds the colorado school safety resource center, it was created in 2008 to help small schools like holly, colorado. our research shows while most schools use or know of the center, some told us they have never used it or don't know who the folks are. if the state funded school

more on that story, tonight on 9 news at 9:00 and 10:00. >> a a lot of people had a reaction to the information, but we are boog practical-- being practical about what the possible solutions could be. >> we went to the legislature, the folk whose yield the money and power and asked, are you going to fund something and that answer is tonight. >> thank you. colorado republicans are working to pass a bill to end required permits for concealed weapons, it passed the senate 18-17, all democrats voted against it and say gun training should be required to protect people in the community. republicans say permits put an unnecessary burden on people who have the right to carry a gun. it will likely die in a democrat controlled state house. colorado senators are split on president obama's plan to close guantanamo bay. the president outlined his plan today that would move the

in the u.s., florence and colorado state pen in canyon city are potential sites. republican senator gardener tweeted "moving terrorists to the u.s. is a great threat to colorado and our national security. democrat senator bennett said he supports closing the prison but believes detainees should move to a military prison. still ahead, a new cdc report on risk of hiv diagnosis. 2 popular summer festivals won't get off the ground. if you our tourists need

virus chances have decreased for most americans, according to a cdc report, 1% of americans will be diagnosed in their lifetime, down from the previous reports of 1 in 78. the group most at risk, the cdc says 1 in 2 gay black men will be infected with hiv, they found the south texas to florida has a higher rate than the rest of the country. the rocky mountain air shows have been canceled after low attendance numbers last year. city leaders say they are disappointed, they blame contracting and scheduling issues with the organizers, colorado sport aviation, they put on a show at rocky mountain airport as well and the director said they have had successful air shows and couldn't have one in 2014 due to construction and last year attendance was down. >> normally you want 30,000 people attending an air show. last year we had about 7. that prompted us to talk with

basically, i think the realty was we weren't able to move forward with an air show this year. >> we reached out to the organizer of both events, colorado sport aviation, didn't hear back. aurora tells us it hopes to have an air show in the future. parts of the 16th street mall are getting a face lift. mayor hancock announced the city will install more than 180 new street lights, led lights to cut energy usage and costs, they cost $2 million. the city hopes to start in september. denver is testing a new app to help people navigate the city. the mayor unveiled the go denver app, serves as a guide through town. it takes the user's destination and gives options based on price, feed, and carbon foot print. >> this is a great way to save money, to figure how you can move faster about the city and

manner, sustainable manner. >> the pilot program, eventually they can pay for transportation with the click of a button. la had a similar project. reporting to spring training tomorrow, the rockies starting short stop will not be there. kathy's forecast will show when we leave behind the

hello, welcome back, cool and quiet in the 9 backyard. our most recent storm system is out of here. i am meteorologist kathy sabine and we are on our way to a very cold night tonight with forecast lows in the mid teens, our storm system creating trouble to the east and the eastern plains 50s. 47 average high for the date. at the airport above freezing, 36 degrees, winds northwest at 10. calm winds in the backyard with our current temperature at 40. our storm system brought about 1-3 inches of snow across the denver metro area with heavier amounts in the high country making for a spectacular scene for skiers and those that like to snow board, and why not? the 48-hour snow reports include 6 inches powder horn, 11 eldora and 17 monarch mountain area.

and travel advisories as our storm tracks into the southeast creating a severe weather scenario tonight. we have the threat of tornados, flooding rain, and wenter weather and travel advisories north of memphis up through chicago. airport delays are expected as you might imagine. heavy rain will impact travel across the gulf coast, overnight tonight and tomorrow where the severe weather threat will shift into the carolinas for large hail and damaging wind. around here, we say goodbye to our storms, set sights on a weak front tomorrow, not more than a wind shift. under mostly sunny skies, temperatures will warm up and all the stormy weather is east of dallas extending to cincinnati and into the northeast . high temperatures tomorrow warmer than average, we have a cool pool into the midwest and northeast, colorado with clearing skies, light winds, awfully cold. single digit lows expected in the high country and on the plains, mid teens and that is where we start tomorrow. even with the weak front backing

is here. we will enjoy a mid-week warming trend once way see gabd to the cold temperatures tomorrow morning. 50 denver tomorrow, 60 lamar, 40's high country, windinize crease in the higher passes in the afternoon but not a big threat until later in the week. foothill temperatures range from 32 to 40 degrees with up to a foot of snow reported from last night's storm. clear, cold, and dry tonight in the city. our low, 18. tomorrow, chilly start but temperatures rebound nicely, low 50s expected. we go even warmer heading into thursday afternoon. highs close to 60 friday. warmest day of the week is saturday, ahead of a weak front bringing the chance for rain and snow sunday into monday. we say goodbye to february and hello to march with temperatures running above average once again. and the weather looks like it this weekend. avalanche verses the red wings, seasonal.

will be nearly 3,000 miles away when the rockies open the regular seize and it might as well be 3 million. major league baseball commissioner, rob, placed him on paid leave penlding completion of his criminal proceedings, his trial for domestic violence begins in hawaii april 4, one day after rocks open arizona, he is the highest paid player for the rocks scheduled to make $22 million this season. what if brock osweiler isn't interested? what if his feelings are hurt getting benched before the playoffs? what if he would rather start somewhere else? i doubt it. in case all of that is true, the broncos need to find soon and they decided to approach osweiler's agent at the scoting com-- scouting combine and begin discussion. the best part of george carl returning to denver won't happen tonight. just before the opening tip off,

to-- casey, likes to jump into his arms. just look into her eyes, after a decade in denver the family decided to move to sacramento where george coaches the kings so he is back in town alone. >> i woke up this morning, nervous, butterfly, um, walking in was nice. my favorite building in the world. i mentioned to the team, this is what you want as a coach, you want to win in that building as soon as you can. an important game, see where it goes. >> the avrfrn sent a high-- avalanche sent a high profile into the stadium. >> you only get one shot at a first impression. >> probably can speak for both of us saying we are excited. >> sounds like coors field

>> come here and watch a few baseball games but to see a hockey rink in the middle of it, with the sun and, you know, it is a cool brisk day, pretty special and it is kind of surreal. >> john mitchell and matthew shane took a walk around the ball park turned ice rink this afternoon. >> i haven't been thinking about it that much until right now, i think that excitement starting to, you know, you feel it being here and what the energy will be like here. >> mishal and duchene are the lucky 2 and have to give a-- mitchell and duchene are the lucky 2 and have to give a final report to the team. >> things aren't finished but well on the way. i think it will be a special event. >> i think both of us will say how cool it looks and how exciting for both of us. >> they get that chance in a couple days, the players and families get on the ice together thursday afternoon. aaron matas, 9 news. >> the game is saturday night at

tune at 5:30, aaron matas and a couple great sports producers, reno boid and jeff satel are have a half hour pre-game show that will air, which will recap the entire, very bloody, avs/red wings rivalry. >> those are classic bobbles. >> i sit right by them. >> this is coming together.

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the stornl is out of here-- storm is out of here, you made it through the storm, the rest of the week is smooth sailing. 62 for the game saturday. >> nice job, sabin.

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