In February and June of this year, Fort Collins Police were notified by two different people of inappropriate sexual contact during massages. Both massages were done by Michael Murray (27 years of age), who was a masseuse at Massage Heights in the Front Range Village on Council Tree Avenue in Fort Collins. Fort Collins Police Crimes Against Persons Detectives took over the investigation and completed further follow up. Detectives also believe that Murray was employed at other local massage businesses.
The ex-boyfriend of a Colorado teen who was found beaten to death in a parking lot has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
Stephen McNeil, 21, allegedly murdered 18-year-old Danielle Hopton in the parking lot of the Whispering Pines Apartments complex on February 6 after the two got in an argument, Fort Collins Police Services said in a press release.
McNeil was arrested on February 7 and booked into the Larimer County Jail, and also faces charges for domestic violence, violation of a protection order, and violation of bail bond conditions.
Officers responded to the apartments around 11pm on February 6 after receiving a 911 call reporting an unconscious, injured woman in the parking lot.