he has been with the douglas county school district since september of 2014. he is currently on unpaid leave but has not yet been charged. postell is scheduled to appear through the gatlinburg, tennessee area hit by wildfires. still officials say it u)is not enough to stop them. there are still active fires burning in the area. the gatlinburg area got up to an inch of rain overnight and is expected to pick this afternoon. during wildfires monday evening many buildis in were burned to their foundation. three people were killed. the fire destroyed at least 150 buildings including iconic homes and a resort. >>> at least five people are dead, four children in critical outbreak struck several states in the south overnight. among the hardest hit areas, the northeast, alabama, tennessee border. that's where reporter tim phan has more. >> reporter: a flash flood warning still in effect in several counties in tennessee, a tornado ripped through the southeast destroying many homes and businesses, right now we are in a community that's at a stand still, power is out ever

douglas county juvenile court. dealing with young people going through criminal court and we don't want that to happen." this morning.. a teleconference with a teenager being held at the youth facility in kearney. (doug johnson/douglas county teen. (doug johnson/douglas county juvenile judge) "i've got to see on the adults trying to help... stress can be a constant in court. court's no fun, i know that so..." so.. enter.. this four- legged stress reliever. finnegan. johnson's dog.. who comes to court every day. (doug johnson/douglas county juvenile judge) "day one, he walks in, everybody's blood pressure goes down and the kids from day one." finnegan lies under the judge's bench.. juvenile judge) "let's go say "hi". aww" in this case.. he meets a young man.. (doug johnson/douglas county juvenile judge) "make him shake your hand or something. teen: shake my hand. shake. johnson: oh, that's a high five." now johnson calls his court.. a court of second chances. and finnegan helps make that happen. that as a judge?" jo

douglas county says the delays really could last a couple hours. >> . >> yeah. we're talking about a stretch from larks burg. to castle rock. that could last all night a live look here. on the west side of i 25. literally. where traffic is being diverted. traffic you're seeing. headlights. this is actually the front road. this is not i 25. folks simply trying to get around this area. these white headlights. heading southbound. on the frontage road. west. of i 25. >> . pan all the way down here. passed toma road. a look at the back up. really probably reaching down towards colorado springs. at this point. the white headlights. in this direction heading now being tkeu diverted here. because of this earlier crash. claiming the life of that csp trooper. just shortly before 2 p.m. again. at last check. with the state patrol. and sheriffs office. this stretch of i 25 again going to be closed for the next couple hours. >> here on air. online as well. kdvr.com. facebook. >> . beloved tv mom. broad cay star has passed away. florence hen tker son died last night. in the d

a mention for about six hours douglas county deputies were giving off getting off here using the west frontage road and then later the east road road obviously if the douglas county sheriff's office they're the ones handling the investigation and wanted to take as much time as needed to handle this terrible tragic crash but if you are heading out either north or south, i 25 reopened both areas needing to use it this evening. >> condolences are pouring in agencies in colorado. >> one message says our condolences to his family. >> jeff co. sheriff's tweeting out our thoughts and prayers are with you hashtag thin blue line. >> and our hearts go out as we hear news of the trooper that has been struck and killed. we will have more about this story tonight who have complete update for the latest information and we will keep you updated after of the denied at www.kdvr.com and on our fox 31 use up. >>> remember drinking behind the wheel this holiday weekend. a dui driver was passed out behind the wheel and stopped well facing southbound in the northbound lane. there was also a beer the result

douglas county missing woman and her two children. >> jason gruenauer has more details. >>reporter: basically the information we got from the douglas county sheriff's office is this mother picked up her two young sons yesterday from their highlands ranch elementary school and they haven't been seen. we're talking about jennifer labor and her two young sons adam and ethan, just 53 -- and 3 old. they live in highlands ranch. the boys are $3 and 5. they were last seen driving a 2011 silver chrysler town and country and the colorado license plate on that vehicle, $300-rqq. we went on that school's website, according to the school, they dismissed picking up her kids at 2:00 p.m. we're not sure how or why that may play into that. if you see or if you know anything about this vanishing or missing person's case and the mother and her two children, you're asked to call the douglas county sheriff's office immediately. we have information on our free denver7 app. live at the douglas county sheriff's office, i'm jason gruenauer. >>> we follow the latest out of gat inburg gatlinburg,

. >>> a home out of douglas county. >> a woman and two children are missing. jason gruenauer has details on the search, jayson. >>reporter: the douglas sheriff's department are looking for a mother and her two sons who went missing after they left school in highland's ranch. we're talking about jennifer and yesterdaa at 2:00. then late last night, the douglas county sheriff's department put out the alert that the three, the mother and the two children haven't been seen since. jennifer 36 years old. she's 5'6'' they were driving a 2011 country. license plate is if you see jennifer or adam, call the sheriff's department. we're trying to get more inforration and we'll bring it later. in castle rock in douglas county sheriff, i'm jason gruenauer. >>> breaking news in tennessee, a wild fire killed three people. >> hundreds of home and businesses have been destroyed. the flames are still threatening that area may see rain today which could help in the fire fight. >>> there's more severe weather hitting the same part of the country. tornado slammed northern alabama la

and weld county and douglas county here, he got 54.1% of the vote preliminarily is what we're seeing right now. but in other counties he won big other.. [ indistinct ] it's really those smaller, more went for clinton and that's what gave her the edge to win the state. trump supporters celebrating today. we talked to some voters about why they think it happened. >> that was a stamp of approval for the american citizens to say enough's enough and we need to go a different route. >> was very cordial, sort of moved on, but bring it together. she's been saying it for the past two week. she was the "bring us together" candidate. nobody on the television or the ballot booth believed it. hopefully he is. that's what a president is supposed to be. >> reporter: so perhaps the next conversation at the cafe will be how does america deal with it. tarhonda thomas, 9news. >>> along with the decision, there were ballot measures to vote on and those will shape future of our state. they decided to bring back presidential primaries and the increase on tobacco taxes failed. physician-assisted sui

live from douglas county courthouse, jamie leary, cbs4 news. >>> thank you. we are learning how law enforcement offices in douglas county are working with domestic violence advocates to protect even more victims. the idea here is to try and get officers to prevent deaths lethality assessment. >> what we are learning is it becomes very impactful for a police officer to sit with a victim of domestic violence and tell them that you are in a high danger of being killed by your domestic partner. it's impactful and a powerful statement to hear from law enforcement. >> if a victim is determined to be at that high risk, officers immediately get them in touch with resources and a place. last year douglas county had 800 calls related to domestic violence. >>> new information about a deadly shooting at the oklahoma city airport. police say lloyd bowie was a former southwest airlines employee and likely targeted a southwest airlines employee. police say he shot and killed michael winchester. investigators say he was lying in wait and shot and killed winchester with a sus

them, call the douglas county sheriff's department. i'm jason gruenauer. denver seven. >>> in tennessee, a pox lip tick tick. >> people escaped the flames. the next 24-hour was critical in putting out the flames. let's send it over to nicole with more on the severe weather battering the south. >>reporter: there's a tornado watch right now. three people have been killed in alabama, but all of the states being affected and the worst hit, northern alabama. we have individual yes of a 24-hour daycare -- we have video of a 24-hour daycare. four children in critical condition and several others injured by this in the town of ider. multiple home and businesses have been destroyed. officials says the three people home. possible tornados were reported across southern tennessee this morning. tornados and hail hit tuesday in louisiana and mississippi. >>> back at home, it's 5:02. it's cold. it feels like 17 at city park. five in aurora and now four degrees below zero at the airport. really cold start decent warmup today. most towns below zero this morning when you fa

they just on honor the memory of trooper turn one on the one j major civic. >> >> the douglas county sheriff's office is reviewing cameras of the crash as well as footage from the truck. you can find information on the go from the page setup f www.kdvr.com click on this story. >> to give you an idea of where this happened look at this map. donahue was struck by commercial truck and kill fun i 25 near >> we were down here when this portion or section of the highway reopened. northbound lanes were closed down for about six hours. at 8 p.m. week of the green life of the lane. i 25 northbound were reopening. you can see folks have been able to drive fast this area. a mention for about six hours douglas county deputies were giving off getting off here using the west frontage road and then later the east frontage road road obviously if the douglas county sheriff's office they're the ones handling the investigation and wanted to take as much time as needed to handle this terrible tragic crash but if you are heading out either north or south, i 25 reopened both areas needing to use it this e

but the douglas county sheriff's office says this is an open investigation. anyone with information should contact them. live in douglas county, jeff todd, cbs4 news. >> new developments now in the case of a driver who killed a colorado state patrol cadet in >>> christopher gebers was sentenced today. prosecutes say he was driving high and recklessly when he hit and killed taylor thyfault and injured another trooper. there was emotional testimony at his hearing. cbs4's kelly werthmann was there. >> reporter: life in prison without parole is the mandatory sentence for a first degree murder conviction. but he was given an additional 342 years in prison additional counts. it is a sentence that thyfault's family says is fair giver that he took the life of a young hero. >> we will live fiercely in his about dense. >> reporter: trooper taylor thyfault was 21 years old when he was killed in the line of duty. >> he didn't get to meet his end goal. it was taken from him. >> reporter: taken by christopher gebers who plowed family and fellow troops asked a judge to give

this morning we're waiting to hear if the douglas county school district attorney is going to officially -- the douglas district attorney is going to officially charge the guard. 9 news reporter andrew sorenson is in parker and he has more on this story. good morning, andrew. >>reporter: good morning, gary. the douglas county sheriff's office says they initially got a report around 5:30 monday afternoon of a sexual assault school. deputies talked to a student here after that report and decided there was enough to arrest 49-year-old security officer gary pistell. he was initially arrested on suspicion of a sexual assault on a minor by a person in a position of trust. there are no official charges yet, we should say. the school district has placed him on administrative leave unpaid and banned him from campus while they do their own investigation. but a district spokesperson says they can't say much morelles about what happened while they do investigate. ey to parents, pistell had an initl court date set for friday morning, gary here in douglas county. for that update. appreciate it. >>> th

good morning. >> reporter: douglas county was one of those counties that donald trump won. he had about 54% of the vote here, so one of the larger counties that donald trump carried but he also carried a lot of smaller rural counties here in colorado. one example of that was donald trump got more than 85% of the vote, so we have a lot of strong support in those rural counties. altogether he had about 40 counties that he carried here in colorado. again they were not the lion -- the large counties like boulder and denver. those went to hillary clinton, pushing her over the edge in colorado but donald trump did win more counties overall even for the people who supported him they say you know, this is not a surprise or an upset because he made many trips to colorado and appealed to the voters here and really put his children, his buy/sell -- vice president a candidate and surrogates all out while running for office and now that he is president-elect it seems to have paid off. he got so much support here in colorado so we're wondering what our people discussing here in douglas c

. >> reporter: as you can imagine, colorado state troopers and the douglas county in the douglas county sheriff deputies that we spoke to tonight are devastated by today's loss, one may say could have a end should have been avoided. >> is a somber evening tonight. >> trooper cody donahue, an 11 year veteran was state patrol tragically state patrol tragic line of duty. >> this is becoming much too frequent in our community and quite frankly it needs to stop. >> at 1:30 p.m. through per donahue was investigating a crash on i 25 just south of castle rock when he was struck and killed by a passing commercial food carrier truck. >> yes, they resented a criminal investigation that is ongoing at this point right now. >> the county sheriff's office has taken the driver of the attorney on for coming forthcoming charges. >> if appropriate tonight and probably will be appropriate to arrest that driver on those charges. >> to sheriff's office says trooper donahue was outside of his car wearing a reflective green safety best when he was hit. >> when you see these troopers and law enforcement officer

he's scheduled to be in douglas county court on friday. a grandmother is going to spend 20 years in prison after pleading guilty for the drowning death of her grandson. a judge sentenced 52-year-old onesia na-jera yesterday. ??h a grandmother is going to spend 20 years in prison after pleading guilty for the drowning death of her grandson. a judge sentenced 52-yf&ear-old onesia na-jera yesterday. >> wheat ridge police say they found ten-year-old angel goodwin unresponsive in his home on chase street near west 26th last may. he had developmental disabilities -- and police say he was left alone in the the child. one lafayette business is cleaning grafitti off its building today -- as another is cleaning up a shattered window. police say someone spraypainted racial slurs on the las montanas market on public road. a few minutes later a person threw something through a window two blocks away at the eats and sweets shop -- and ran off. surveillance video from inside the store shows the window shattering and a customer moving to get out of the wa

douglas county it is proven to help them stay alive. to seek support services. then they connect the victims to the services they mostly need. the goal, of course, saving lives. >> it becomes very impactful for a police officer to sit with a victim of domestic violence and tell them that you are in high danger of being killed by your domestic partner. that is very impactful and a powerful statement to hear from law enforcement. >> hundreds of agencies across the country are using the use it in colorado. >>> new tonight, a chance to get a glimpse behind the badge. the goal is to improve the relationship between police and our community. cbs4's kelly werthmann is live in denver. kelly, they have not done anything like this before. >> reporter: jim, this is actually the first ever police officer calendar anywhere. it aims to humanize the men and women of the denver police part in community activities they are passionate about raising money for a good cause. >> there is nothing like it in the entire country. >> this is a sample of denver's finest. >> reporter: a cal

the douglas county fire and south metro fire, douglas county sheriffs are all there we are 800,000... we are 800,000... we're 800,000 coloradans. many of us went to college long ago. but we're still carrying $21 billion in student debt. i'm michael bennet, and i'm fighting for a law that would allow people to refinance their student loans, just like you can a car loan or a home loan. a chance to go to college. and every graduate should have more to look forward to than a lifetime of debt. >>> just about a quarter till six now. new chilling dettils about the the horrific kidnapping and murder spree we've been watching in south carolina. police rereeling todd kohlhepp made throw requests. give his mom a picture, talk with her and tran officer money to a girl he is helping raise. investigators are also reviewing disturbing amazon reviews possibly linked to him. in one, there was a note about a padlock. the reviewer said, quote, have five on a shipping container. won't stop them but sure will slow em kohlhepp is representing himself right now. >>> life in prison plus 60 years. that is the

but the douglas county sheriff's office says this is an open investigation. anyone with information should contact them. live in douglas county, jeff todd, cbs4 news. >> new developments now in the case of a driver who killed a colorado state patrol cadet in longmont last year. >>> christopher gebers was sentenced today. prosecutes say he was and killed taylor thyfault and injured another trooper. there was emotional testimony at his hearing. cbs4's kelly werthmann was there. >> reporter: life in prison without parole is the mandatory sentence for a first degree murder conviction. but he was given an additional 342 years in prison for the additional counts. it is a sentence that thyfault's family says is fair >> we will live fiercely in his about dense. >> reporter: trooper taylor thyfault was 21 years old when he was killed in the line of duty. >> he didn't get to meet his end goal. it was taken from him. >> reporter: taken by christopher gebers who plowed into him. 18 months later, thyfault's family and fellow troops asked a judge to give him the maximum cl

i-25 in douglas county is a parking lot. >> passengers fume at dia. united airlines flights are stuck after a deicing melt down. >> some drivers slide down the road. some in a huge pileup. >> this one is overperforming. >> our first snow of the season brings major transportation drivers found themselves stuck for hours on i-25 in douglas county. one of those vehicles our mobile weather lab. chris spears has an update shortly. >> dia the other big problem spot. nearly every united airlines flight has been canceled or delayed. some several hours because of deicing problems. passengers have been frustrated since about 6:00 this evening. and our karen morfitt will have the latest. first, an update on the storm >> it has not left the state. we have plenty of snow in the eastern plains but it has cleared from some areas. western slope, a few flurries, skys are clearing and it is very cold out that way. as we head toward the denver area, not much for us left in the city. we do still have cloudy skies but a little bit of clearing on the east side of town. in

i-25 in douglas county is a parking lot. >> passengers fume at dia. united airlines flights are stuck after a deicing melt >> our first snow of the season brings major transportation issues tonight. drivers found themselves stuck for hours on i-25 in douglas county. one of those vehicles our mobile weather lab. chris spears has an update shortly. >> dia the other big problem spot. nearly every united airlines flight has been canceled or delayed. some several hours because of deicing problems. passengers have been frustrated since about and our karen morfitt will have the latest. first, an update on the storm from lauren whitney. has it finally left the state? >> it has not left the state. we have plenty of snow in the eastern plains but it has cleared from some areas. western slope, a few flurries, skys are clearing and it is very cold out that way. as we head toward the denver area, not much for us left in the city. we do still have cloudy skies but a little bit of clearing on the east side of town. in the foothills, light snowfall, snow in the high

both the page and on our facebook page all throughout election population boom a community and douglas county could soon double in size and people there are worried about the growing things michael kohn about that joins us now from castle rock officials here in douglas county are working on a project with developers that could forever changed the face of franktown a small unincorporated area just east of here welcome to franktown the community of a few hundred 700 miles from castle rock where people enjoy the quiet concern on the part of the residents are here to try to keep this a rural environment the target is prime real estate south of where highway 86 meets 83 plans are approved to the area could see nearly 300 townhomes in the strip mall the traffic that will be added here is just going to be unreal imuran hearts a home backs up to the proposed development site he and his neighbors are speaking out most everyone in franktown believed the new development will suck them dry other people have had a regional to one of the low were out for us to continue to get water of the biggest issues in

douglas county sheriff's office says they are looking for more information on this. they say if you have any information on this, they'd like you to get back to them on that. cheryl. >> all right, andrew, thanks so much. >>> it's 6:05 now. a member of a biker gang admits to his role in year-old taralewindowsky. scott henchette pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit first- degree murder. he's one of seven people involved in the september 2015 stabbing death of lewindowsky in the town of pierce. court documents show that former town board member tara orchestrated her murder along with hench et and other members of the biker gang. he says he killed the woman over an argument about drugs. >>> two lafayette businesses were vandalized within moments of each other, now police need people who did it. one of the crimes appears racially motivated. someone spray painted two racial slurs on the las montanas market on public road. that was on monday night. a few minutes later somebody threw something through the window two blocks away of the eats and sweets restaurant and then ra

here on behalf of douglas county sheriff's office. as the major mentioned, we will criminal investigation. yes, there is a criminal investigation that is ongoing at this point. we have as many resources as we need to have out here, conducttng this investigation. we will do the follow-up that is needed from their. we have at this point, just started. we are in the very, very early stages of this investigation. we are detaining this point. i don't have any information to give you on him or identify him at this point. he is being detained. we are working with him. we are looking at the camera footage. >> chief deputy -- deputy talking about the investigation into the colorado trooper killed this afternoon. emphasizing this is a criminal investigation. they say they have the driver of the semi that hit the trooper in custody. we will stay on top of this york city, a massive apartment firefighters forced firefighters to tried a maneuver using a rope to rescue an 81-year-old man from the fifth floor. we have a report on the daring rescue no

weld and douglas counties were among those that went trump's way last night. >> reporter: yes, absolutely and two of the larger counties that did so but by far not the only. looking at a map that tallies it all up it looks like 40 counties went to donald trump. a lot of those were more rural counties but the bigger counties like boulder and denver sticking with hillary clinton and that really pushed ??r5her the top to win colorado but counties like douglas county did go red with donald trump and that did help him get quite a few votes even though he didn't win colorado. to colorado and so did his surrogates and that seems to have really paid off with his supporters at the polls yesterday. as a matter of fact once news started breaking that he was winning across the country we talked with supporters about how they felt about that and they had some good reactions saying even though the rest of the country may have been surprised by this his supporters say the kind of felt that way all along. >> [ cheering ] >> i hope we've shown during this race that there are a lot of us, a lot of conserva

11:00 o'clock with this breaking news on lone tree we have just learned and comfort with lisa douglas county missing weather and her two children were in fact found dead this morning the three had been missing since which and it which officials confirmed three bodies found at a sports authority parking lot are the missing mother and children jeb hooley is live now please investigated or confirmed very sad news that the mother jennifer labored her $0.02 found dead in a van just around the corner here from the spelling on the east side of the three victims inside there's a very latest that we have from the investigators at the low jay police as well they say they have no suspects in the case at this time they say that jennifer labor's husband is cooperating they say that he is not a suspect he called police are on 8:00 o'clock last night reporting his wife and sons missing investigators got a call at about 8:00 o'clock this morning from a passerby who thought the band dock on the side of the old sports authority building please responded immediately they found the three victims inside at that

and shawn chitnis live am douglas county. first jamie is ve at the eisenhower tunnel, where e r all rning we have been on the good mornin ja >> reporter: go morn itt. once again, i am at the coldest spoti believe, in the state. the eisenhower tunnel. you n see snow blowing sideways, and the news i 've gn winter pa beaver creek. veil opens friday. the bad news is, roadways. the roadways up here are extremelicy. and we went fr tchy fog, on the way up here, wet roads, and to solid ice. i talked to one c-do this morning who said yes, it is slick. like a skating rink up here on so bverycarefuwhyou're driving. would he have signage up. chain laws are in effect for those commercial vehicles. so make sure you do have chains in the back, too. coercial vehicle. not a right now that up here. but that is why we're up here. about 48.7 million people projected to be travelinfor thksgiving. more than iles from their ho. thwhat ais sayi. d th is millio this time last ar. so those roadways are going to be busy. give yourselfextra time. i know

the douglas county sheriff's office says she is missing from north hampton court and hibiscus drive. she was last seen picking up her two kids from school yesterday afternoon. 5'6" with brown hair and blue eyes. her sons are just 3 and 5 years old. if you have seen this family, please call police. >>> take a look at this, this is what it was like for two step brothers escaping the fires in gatlinburg, tennessee monday night as they moved down the mountain. they dealt with fire all around them. >> reporter: hot spots are still burning in gatlinburg. >> you can see the damage that has been done right here. >> reporter: the city's mayor says the massive wildfire swept through half of this tourist city, destroying at least 150 homes and businesses. in this video posted to twitter, an officer with the tennessee department of transportation surveys one area of the damage. >> you can just see what this fire has done to this area. it is absolutely devastating. >> reporter: more than 14,000 visitors and residents were forced to flee late monday from all the fires, and we can see probably 20 c

our jennifer brice is checking in live from douglas county. jennifer, these are >> reporter: that's right jim. and you know, the feedback that is going to come from these meetings will be applied back into this. this is the state guideline for prescribing and dispensing opioids. the idea is to cut down on addiction without taking away very good medications that some people need. everybody knows how big the prescription drug abuse problem has gotten in colorado and across the nation. it is why this room is packed with medical providers, families, and pharmacists who want to fix it. take a while to get out. >> reporter: he is the director of a board aiming to cut down on prescription drug abuse and says it begins with educating the people who prescribe and dispense the drugs. >> not to give as much medicine after a tooth ex-traction. or not to be so quick to give an opioid necessarily if somebody sprains their ankle or sprains their knee skiing. >> reporter: this man's son is addicted. he sent his teenage tore montana for treatment because he wa

and shawn chitnis live am douglas county. first jamie is ve at the eisenhower tunnel, where e r all rning we have been on the good mornin ja >> reporter: go morn itt. once again, i am at the coldest spoti believe, in the state. the eisenhower tunnel. you n see snow blowing sideways, and the news i 've gn

. >>> i'm jason gruenauer live at the douglas county sheriff's office where they're looking for a missing highlands ranch woman and her two young sons. we're talking about jennifer her sons ethan and adam. were seen leaving a high lands ranch elementary school yesterday, but hasn't been seen since. the mother, jennifer picked up her two yyung sons from the highlands ranch school. they're from highlands ranch, but they were reported missing. jennifer, 36 years old. 5'6", adam is $three years old and ethan is five years old. country vehicle with a license plate $300-rqq. they're believed to be together. no info from the sheriff's department on whether or not they believe they're in danger. we have details on our free denver 7 app app. if you see them, call the sheriff's department immediately. i'm jason gruenauer, denver 7. >>> today marks the first day that ponda rosa students will be back at schoo since a guard was accused of sexually assaulting a student. >> parent was nervous about this. amanda del castillo is joining us about the security guard's arrest. >>reporter: good morning, these

. >> reporter: and douglas county deputies now are investigating to try to determine what caused this crash. csp troopers have not yet released the identity of the trooper who was killed. still shut down northbound between largspur and castle rock. we'll have much more on this story coming up tonight at 6:00. live in douglas county, melissa garcia, cbs 4 news. >> thank you, melissa. >>> a vigil is planned after another deadly accident. one teenager was killed, another critically hurt after being hit by a suspected drunk driver. it happened early thanksgiving morning near i-25 and highway 7. that's near the eerie jamie leery live in windsor. that's in wind soar, where that vigil will start in about an hour. >> reporter: yeah. we're just at windsor high school, where people are starting to gather for that individual ill. entire community, anyone who wants to offer support is invited. it's for both of the teens: one a recent graduate of the high school. he's the one who passed away, and 16-year-old still in critical condition. >> a drunk driver, makes things >> reporter: sixteen-year-old

. >> reporter: a massive response from castle rock police, the douglas county bomb squad, the fbi and atf will continue to work through the night to make sure they found all the dangerous explosives inside the house. >> it's too soon to tell if there's more explosive devices in there, but from cursory investigation we didn't find anymore. >> reporter: the parents of teens are cooperating. some of the chemicals are legal, but the explosive materials are not. investigators stopped short of calling it a bomb. >> these are devices that were dangerous, but required additional manipulation or steps to become actual bombs. >> reporter: charges could be possible for the teen, but police say the explosives were >> i've not seen this level of mist case from a juvenile. >> reporter: the police -- mist case from a juvenile. >> reporter: the police says what they found at this home is in no way linked to any rumored threats at douglas county schools. live notary public castle rock, jeff todd. >>> and just in tonight a denver woman charged with attempted murder now in north dakota. authorities ther

. >>> we are keeping an eye on the storm in douglas county as well. meteorologist chris spears is live in lone tree and chris, the snow is really coming where you are. >> reporter: it is. if you are a meteorologist in colorado, you have to be prepared to be humble in all storms. this one is certainly overperforming. storms across the rockies get out onto the open planes with no obstacles and i can can wrap up like a top and slam us with wind and snow. interstate 45. we have been out here now about two hours. almost five degrees. almost creating flash freeze type scenarios where the pavement, you can see the parking lot here suddenly becomes very icy and snow packed and i did walk over and check i-25. there's absolutely a lot of snow between those lanes. 24 degrees here at my location and lauren whitney, i just saw the storm prediction center has outlined northeast colorado for a band of heavy snow over the next six hours. they are saying one inch per hour >> and that storm actually is starting to get a bit more intense out on the eastern plainsment th

last year, douglas county law enforcement responded to nearly 800 domestic-related calls and denver 7 will be at a news conference later today. we'll bring details during a 11:00 a.m. newscast today. >>> thanksgiving is a little more than a week away. authorities are sounding the alarm on a poster or attack. >>> what police will be on the look out -- >>> shots fired at an airport. what we know and don't know about the man who pulled the trigger. >>> and it's mid november, snow is in the 3-day forecast. we're talking about wild fires. what you need to keep in mind today. that's coming up. >>> it's now 5:10. it's going to be warm, dry, breezy. winds kicking up to 20, even 30 miles-per-hour. 77 as the kids are leaving school today. a t-shirt today, but a jacket tomorrow. look at the changes, >>> i think it's going to affect the -- the wednesday morning upper 30s. and then look at the warmup. on sunday, back to around 63. >>> welcome back to denver 77 we're back with a check out at dia for you. if you're looking week. that will change, right. everything is open except for -- security wait

. >> a spokesperson for the douglas county sheriff's office called this a horrific end to a missing persons case here in lone tree. that missing silver van was passerby along the backside of this empty sports authority in lone tree. inside, the bodies of those three missing people. 36-year-old jennifer laber and her two young sons, ages 3 and 5. authorities would not say at this point hhw they died but they said they do not have any suspects at this point and there's no threat to the community at this point. they also added that the husband and father is cooperating with law enforcement at this point. laber was last seen picking up her sons f they were reported missing around 8:00 last night. the sheriff called this a very active and ongoing investigation, trying to figure out how and why this happened. one thing that they added, an amber alert was never issued in this case. they say because there were no red flags and no threats or any harm of violence that was going to come of this. that's why they didn't send one out. we've been reporting on this story all morning. instead this case ends

the douglas county sheriff's offiec us. but michael fleeman who has written a book about the henthorn cases says sheriff's detectives did investigate, at least initially. >> everything was progressing as if this was suspicious, and then all of a sudden the brakes were put on the investigation. it was declared an accident and forgotten for nearly 20 years. >> reporter: detective charlie mccormick thinks the reason for that was the coroner's quick ruling that lynn's death was accidental. you're trying to investigate a crime and all of a sudden the coroner, who really has jurisdiction over all, says it's an accident, you're a little bit cut off at the pass. all the facts would indicate that this was, i think, a rush to judgment. >> reporter: the former coroner says there was no rush to judgment. he didn't remember the case, but reread the coroner's report at "dateline's" request and says, quote, hindsight is a wonderful thing, but at the time everything fit. therwe and no reason to drag our feet. nevertheless, after toni's dea

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the douglas county sheriff office will investigate. and try to determine the cause. they also want to let drivers know that i 25 northbound. will most likely be closed. for the rest of the night. couple years for the colorado state patrol. 3 troopers now have recently been killed. while assisting on the side of the road. >> . these headlights in our direction. may look like i 25 traffic. but again it's frontage road traffic. you can only imagine the delays here. again this traffic west of i 25. at toma road. white headlights heading our direction -fpt southbound here. here. you'll make out a sheriff deputy. that is actually trying to direct all this traffic. of course he's dealing with a lot of folks here. trying to make their way from south. colorado springs. north. to the denver metro area. again. traffic northbound here. being diverted off of i 25. at toma road. >> . as for the crash itself. i'll show you some video. again about 1:30 this afternoon. when that state unfortunately was hit. and killed. the investigation in that area does continue. that's why all lane

. >> if you're going to do that, why don't you live in highlands ranch, parker, douglas county. why do they need to creep into it's a battle groups continue to fight within the confines of planning commission meetings. >> i think we need to take a look in the mirror and say what are we doing to our county? >> reporter: elbert county's 2005. in it are warnings of growth problems dozens in the county echo with each mention of a new development. >> these big developers don't look at you. they don't look at us as the big dogs. they look at us as a bunch of hicks standing in their way of making money. >> reporter: today elbert county is eight times larger than it was 40 years ago. >> let's not recreate, you know, the suburbs out here. >> reporter: with a geographical size it knows growth is inevitable. >> i think so. i think people are willing to accept that. >> reporter: it's just a matter of where along the divide it wants its identity to lie. >> we're kind of like suburbanites living on a little bit bigger pieces of property. >> elbert county leaders declined to speak with us abou

douglas county hazmat detonating what the teens had allegedly gathered. now the two youngsters could face very adult charges. >> . attention to what their kids are dabbling in. and learning about and requests they make for this, that and the other. and neighbors. if there's something suspicious going on that neighbors pick up the phone and call the police department. >> . officers say a man called from a home in. around 1 a.m. saying there was a man in front of his house. who had been stabbed. they found 34 year-old bleeding from multiple stab wounds. he was taken to the hospital. where he later died. investigators say the stabbing may have been the result of a nearby home. asking anyone with information to give them a call. >> . after several days of delays. investigators began searching this morning. for the body of a 13 month old boy. in a northern colorado landfill. sky fox over the scene in alt colorado. >> new tonight. her family and friends gathering to remember her. and asking for answers about her death. >> . >> the police department will only sa

the people who live in 30 homes in castle rock spent the night at the douglas county fairgrounds. police here say they found explosive material at a house around 8 am yesterday. they were trying to let a couple thkn something else the night before. we don't have a lot of details on what the explosives were... but police chief jack cauley says it was enough to take to the county bomb squad. they called atf... who blew up whatever they found on a golf course here late last night. chief cauley says people had to stay out all night because there was more work to do inside the house. "and that investigation, we expect to take quite some time. we have a lot of work to do inside the home right now. however, the explosive material that we did idenfyearlier has bn detonated and made safe." as we get into the 5 am hour here... we're told the people who live here will finally be able to come home. as, 9news. hillary clinton's comey is using a double standard when it comes to her email investigation. campaign manager robby mook says according to a c- n-b-c report -- comey was against releasin

if you live in douglas county, jeffco, there might be a few light flurries. after midnight the storm system clears out. we're well on our way to seeing sunshine tomorrow, but the temperatures won't be as toasty. we'll say in the upper 30s. it will definitely feel a lot colder with the northwesterly winds out there, too, 40s in sterling, a little warmer across southeastern colorado as well. temperatures climbing just in time for the weekend, 50s looks like another storm system monday night into tuesday bringing a little rain and possibly some snowfall and then so far that thanksgiving holiday looks pretty good to me, right where we should be, plenty of sunshine. so no issues as far as traveling. >> sure. we need every bit of moisture we can get. thanksgiving looks pretty nice, too. thank you. that will do it for us. thank so much for joining us this afternoon. >>> next at 5:00 a more than 40- degree temperature drop in 24 hours. snow, wet roads and crashes have made a mess of traffic. it will clear up soon. >> also ahead rumors about romney as trump's team con

police in douglas county. leaving the that's important. because few victims actually call shelters. many call police. the program is the first of its kinds in we're right there. she's roadblocking. >> . blame the prosecutor for a sheriff and police chief. to publicly criticize the district attorney is unusual. so it s-s case of beverly. earlier this year. rob low brought us the dna update of the 1980 disappearance. rob reportno a grand jury was supposed to be the next step. >> . i want to put my mom to rest. >> 41 year-old last saw her mom. when she was a five year-old girl. this park. >> my mom has had injustice done. >> she left her two kids with a bib by sitter to meet someone june is 12. 1980. 12 years later human bones were found -fpt because of mistakes. tos test the bones. at a lab in texas. and identified the remains at beverly england. >> we know the person who did it. >> . reopened the case in 2015. with help from police chief. >> i think we have a good case. >> both men thought district attorney agreed. after all. this is her going before county commissioners august ninth

. >>> douglas county deputies arrested a school officer 0on suspicion of sexually assaulting out on bond. they found out ab afternoon. after interviewing the student, they there was enough everydpostle. the formal charges have not 'sc ponderosa high thunderstorms is a few hours n@e away tennessee. it f)comes too for businesses around gatlinburg, out. >> thfire came dangerously close to an aquarium thand doll which is in the same county. the aquarium briefly lost in gatlinburg. she was certain they were going to die. >> we only had minutes and that we wally pass out, v?e i wrote down, the kid n't know i ?+?did this, but i wrote down my son's name, his age, !r and statthat ?ihe's from. my nephew, and hiname and age and state, my name and that i was the mother, and ?my age, ?@ from, 8>4v?00and then i ote 4hwe love u rn0;?gand we are calm and at peace, because we weren't ores about the fire was what was our main problem. >> everyone at the hotel got out safely. the hotel was among the buildings spared by the >>> the green mountain fire in lakewood, the one that burned for all the metro area

not back here if you're traveling in tomorrow morning from the south part douglas county coming up from castle rock i w few extra minutes. before that sun comes up and does melting it could be a crazy out there 25 and 27 25 and 27 humidity is up a little bit you can see the temperatures are in the 20s and 30s everything is below freezing as far as across the rest of this day it's pretty much the same the entire state taken a nosedive as cold has embraced us really good cold for the first time this year our sunshine returns tomorrow in the wake of the storm system we don't bounce back. '30s and 40s in the mountains and 30s and 40s here in the evening is can a feel nice to have the sunshine back tomorrow is not going to warm up. the snow lives out cause continue to break will wake up in the 20s and implode 20 of sunshine as he had through and into the afternoon up and over the mountains kids make sure they bundle up tomorrow morning as things could be a little bit slick will update you with live radar updated snow totals and a the rise israel looking at the numbers give you a picture of w

and that douglas county stop in castle rock. attracting a lot of attention. gop so far not happy with the saturday. in the springs. and in aurora. >> . hilary clinton today in north carolina. donald trump across the east coast. >> his wife is making the splash. trump speaking in pennsylvania. hoping to show her husband tre in a different light. returns. telling you about all week long. notice democrats still with the lead. that's significant because top republicans tell me they need to have a lead going into election day. republicans need to have a lead going into election day. if they're going to win this thing. the con sen consensus is more democrats will actually vote. on tuesday. than republicans. they need the number to go up. >> . republicans have cut the lead. for sure. >> you have been reading that story. you have seen. >> . thank you. >> . all right thanks so much. kdvr.com and news app have all the information you need. for election 2016. we have made it really easy for you. colorado voter guide. it has the amendments. the full break down. we laid o

in douglas county, the detectives went down the list of who might know anything about lynn's case. they talked to patricia. they talked to rockies been, and they wanted to talk to harold. when he wouldn't agree, they turned to someone he would talk to -- his old friend kim laferriere, and asked her and her husband to secretly record a conversation with him. >> we said no at the time innocent. >> reporter: after all, kim and harold had been close friends for years. >> we prayed about it. and we asked our pastor. and he said, if he is innocent, then you'll be able to reveal that. and so then we agreed to do it. >> reporter: now she and her husband were meeting harold for a meal near her home in virginia, but first getting wired up by police. the cops were hoping to use harold's words againim him. were you a little scared? >> i was very scared. >> reporter: i would be scared to do something like that. >> was scared. >> reporter: at first, she could only think of one thing. >> we had a huge wire around my waist. i kept saying, he's going to hug me. and they said, no, he can't. and i sa

you can see those clouds around 7:30, 8:00 in jeffco, douglas county. i don't think we'll get a ton of moisture, just an increase in ds beforewe clear things out latenight. temperatures feeling good in the low 60s, a little more normal for this time of year, but still a couple degrees above average. heading to low 70s in lamar in afternoon and 40s and 50s in 10 degrees, plus we'll look ahead and see if we have any more storms in sight to bring us a little rain and snow. it would be nice to see around here because it has been just so dry. >> really has. i know. it was just shocking when you saw a little bit of the sidewalk wet this morning. >> a couple of raindrops on the car windshield. >> what's that? >> it's been a while. >>> six days until the election. bothsi battleground states right now and there are some key challenges for democrats and republicans. in florida, for instance, enthusiasm for clinton among african american voters is high, but the turnout of black voters is down compared to when president obama ran. joe biden compared for clinton tod

if you have information or happen to see the three missing, you're asked to call 911 or douglas county sheriff's office. live in the highlands ranch area, jamie leary, cbs4 morning news. >>> thank you. this is breaking overnight, three people are dead after a line of or moved across northern alabama and here is a look at the damage in winston county. homes are destroyed. one truck flipped over and some goats ended up standing in debris. crews say the three killed were all in a mobile home in rosa lee, alabama. >>> at least three people are dead in eastern texas after wildfires there. city leaders in gatlinburg put spots are still burning. flames destroyed at least 150 homes and businesses. more than 14,000 people had to leave their homes on monday night. >> you can just see what this fire has done to this area. it is absolutely devastating. >> you could see the sky was red from all the fires, and we could see probably 20 cabins on fire just from our front deck. >> fire crews continue to check on people in eastern tennessee, and the more rain is in the forecast for that area today. >>>

. >>> depositing tonight, the douglas county sheriff department say this is is the man who hit a colorado state trooper yesterday. the 41-year-old noe gam meze ruiz -- gay meze ruiz, and the 11-year veteran cody donovan was killed in -- donohue was killed in that crash. father to two kids. the police say donohue was investigating a crash on the side of the road when he was hit by a box truck. he died ton scene. right now -- died on the scene. right now there is no word on funeral arrangements for trooper donohue. and castle rock sent out this tweet. we have the watch from here, brother. rest in peace. >>> and u.s. food which is owns the truck the suspect was driving released this statement saying we ar about the accident involving one of our trucks. our thoughts are with the family and friends of all involved. >>> it has been a tough couple of years for colorado state patrol. three troopers have been killed. and we have a look at recent trooper deaahs and how we can avoid adding to those statistics. >> i am here to announce that our trooper, cody donohue, an 11-year veteran of the colorad