The tech center cam. This is passed handed out to bellevue. You see these cars off to the left side of the highway. We have a truck along there. Just the right two lanes are getting by. Hes accused of eating marijuana infused candy and killing his wife. And today we could learn if richard kirk is mentally fit to stand trial. We are live covering that case. Reporter after more of a year in delays in his Mental Health evaluation the report is finally ready. A judge will review and he will decide today if richard kirk is fitted stand trial. Last September Kirk changed his plea to guilty by reason of insanity and a judge will review that report and decide whether to set the case for for treatment. The defense suggests that when kirk killed his wife in may 2014 he was so impaired by the marijuana infused candy that he may not have intended to kill his wife. Before her death kristin kirk told dispatchers that her husband was acting more drunk crawling to a bedroom window and cutting his legs
20114. She said her husband was behaving oddly after he was eating a marijuana infused product. He shot her while police were on the way. He had to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Here is more. Jamie. Reporter there were two options richard kirk was either going back to the Mental Health institute or he stand trial. That is what the judge decided today. He will stand trial. Now, even though the judge decided that here today, he will stand trial, last year kirk pled guilty by reason of insanity. That still stands but the evaluation indicates he was competent to stand trial. Officials with the d. A. s office said even though he was either way. He has been in custody since the murder of his wife. His defense said he was so impaired by the candy, he may not have intended to kill her, but he had the wherewithal to remember the code to the lock gun safe and pressed the weapon to his wifes head. He is facing a firstdegree murder charge and the trial is slated for march 6th and two weeks set
Be sticking around. Theres way too many leaves on the trees, a lot of broken branches. Do you see this jason . Look at my hair. What is happening this morning . I dont know how to fix that. Do we have el mers glue . Is that better . It is going to be a Beautiful Day today. No snow. Just sunshine. Low 80s this afternoon. By 4 00 e 8082. Mostly sunny skies and a few more clouds by this afternoon but another warm one for the 3 state, closer to 90 near pueblo. We are tracking our next storm. We talked about this yesterday. Around 12 00 or 1 00, well see more showers developing on the western slope and a chance for a few more showers in town. Well talk about that coming up. We look good and lanes restricted on the Early Morning hours. That is lifted but we still have restrictions on the southbound side of i25 going down to hamden and theres paving there so still rough. Be mindful of that and ill remind you that mississippi is still closed for the work week they are doing out there and also
Simply trying to walk to school we are here along sheridan i 76 in the when she was approached by someone in a silver vehicle as far as a bus stop and that she claims is individual try to simply push her inside of that car she was able to fight him off and obviously notify authorities simple description of the suspect is simply described as a hispanic male who page given about with the medium length plasticine wearing a gray the key part of a live look at the intersection if you will is closer to 56 and it sheridan the sheridan technically there i 76 this is an area where individual apparently attempted to push a teenage girl into a vehicle early this morning in the information call 911 live this evening along sheridan and i 76 thank you and Arapahoe County alert from the himself to gdrls and women at these locations along the smoky whole quarter it happened on september 19, 28 then yesterday at the root is it know hes a white or hispanic man between 20 and 40 years old with tattoos on
Next door neighbor kyle knew her only in passing. Pretty nice, relaxed. We moved in last month so i didnt get to know them well. Reporter prior to their death, the sisters had been drinking throughout the day. Police found them unresponsive and a preliminary examination of their bodies showed no sign of victims or aggression. Medication. Their brother told me they were kind, generous, and lived life to the fullest. An online fundraiser has raised tens. Thousands in just two days. Reporter the state department assisted in the immediate aftermath of a death overseas which is the case in they can request assistance from u. S. Law enforcement. We also talked to family members of the korkky sisters. Their mother and brother are on the islands making arrangements to bring the bodies back. A man is accused of trespassing at broncos headquarters and threatening entered the restricted media room at Team Headquarters and told a Security Guard hes a 20 owner and the team owed him money. A husband