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September 21
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Homeless feel betrayed by verdict
March 19
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December 10
November 28
Jeffrey John Hubert: Time slips away on streets
Beat on street among Denver's homeless is one of fear, defiance
Richard Steinmetz: Wary life among the 'clowns'
John Bryant & Katherine Livingston: Manhole cover for a bed
Keith Williams: Scars of street life
November 26
November 25
November 23
Murder suspect, 16, put in adult jail
LoDo not paralyzed by murders
November 22
Homeless shelters fill fast
November 21
LoDo rebirth disrupts street life rhythms
November 20
November 19
FBI profilers may help solve murders
Death takes many forms for homeless
'We have nothing to be afraid of'
November 18
New killings spread fear in homeless
November 15
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November 5
October 31
Men felt lure of streets
October 30
October 29
October 28
Police ponder connections in four downtown slayings
October 27
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September 30
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September 9
Fewer beds are available as more people seek safety
By John C. EnsslinDenver Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer
Available beds in Denver's homeless shelters are growing scarce in the wake of seven recent homicides of homeless men. That situation is likely to get worse once cold weather moves in today, shelter officials said Sunday. "We're near capacity," said Pat McGoff, a weekend desk clerk at Step 13. "We've got a little space left, but it's filling up pretty good." At Samaritan House, the Rev. Ed Judy said the shelter is at capacity most of the time. But after the discovery last week of two additional victims, the numbers in the shelter's overflow area jumped from about 70 to 120. Normally, there are two to five empty beds in the main shelter, Judy said. But on Sunday afternoon, there was not a single empty bed. "I think people are being more careful and cautious," he said. In response to the homicides, the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless has set up a 24-hour outreach tent at 19th and Chestnut streets behind Union Station, near the field where bodies of the two most recent victims were discovered. Both had been decapitated. Outreach workers have also fanned out, urging people to get into shelters or providing vouchers for motel rooms. So far, the workers at the tent have talked to about 50 homeless people, said Coalition president John Parvensky. "There's still a little bit of space for single men," Parvensky said. Available bed space for women is even scarcer, he said. Meanwhile, the Denver coroner's office continued without success Sunday to try to find the families of the two most recent victims. Police know the identities of the two men, Sgt. Tony Lombard said. But investigators have researched the last 12 years of one of the two victims without finding any trace of his family, Lombard said. November 22, 1999
Available beds in Denver's homeless shelters are growing scarce in the wake of seven recent homicides of homeless men.
That situation is likely to get worse once cold weather moves in today, shelter officials said Sunday.
"We're near capacity," said Pat McGoff, a weekend desk clerk at Step 13. "We've got a little space left, but it's filling up pretty good."
At Samaritan House, the Rev. Ed Judy said the shelter is at capacity most of the time. But after the discovery last week of two additional victims, the numbers in the shelter's overflow area jumped from about 70 to 120.
Normally, there are two to five empty beds in the main shelter, Judy said. But on Sunday afternoon, there was not a single empty bed.
"I think people are being more careful and cautious," he said.
In response to the homicides, the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless has set up a 24-hour outreach tent at 19th and Chestnut streets behind Union Station, near the field where bodies of the two most recent victims were discovered. Both had been decapitated.
Outreach workers have also fanned out, urging people to get into shelters or providing vouchers for motel rooms.
So far, the workers at the tent have talked to about 50 homeless people, said Coalition president John Parvensky.
"There's still a little bit of space for single men," Parvensky said. Available bed space for women is even scarcer, he said.
Meanwhile, the Denver coroner's office continued without success Sunday to try to find the families of the two most recent victims.
Police know the identities of the two men, Sgt. Tony Lombard said. But investigators have researched the last 12 years of one of the two victims without finding any trace of his family, Lombard said.
November 22, 1999
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