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  2. Richard Chung - Wikipedia

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    Richard Chung, O.S.B. (1951-1992), was an American Benedictine monk, priest and schoolteacher, best known for his suicide after the launching of a police investigation into Chung's possible sexual abuse of a boy at Catholic high school in Colorado Springs.

  3. Gary Lee Davis - Wikipedia

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    Gary Lee Davis (August 13, 1944 – October 13, 1997) was an American convicted murderer and rapist who was executed by the U.S. state of Colorado in 1997. He was the only person to be executed by the state of Colorado between 1968 and 2020; when Colorado abolished capital punishment. [2] [3]

  4. Cañon City, Colorado - Wikipedia

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    The movie Canon City (1948) depicts the real-life 1947 escape of 12 prisoners from nearby Colorado State Penitentiary. [36] A diner in Cañon City is the setting of the song "Navajo Rug", which was named by the Western Writers of America as one of the Top 100 Western Songs of all time. [37]

  5. Roy Best (prison warden) - Wikipedia

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    Roy Phelix Best [1] (March 2, 1900 – May 27, 1954) [2] was an American prison warden, film actor, and political candidate for Governor of Colorado.He is known for his wardenship of the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility, an infamous prison in Cañon City, Colorado, [a] and for playing himself in Canon City, a 1948 film noir crime film.

  6. Lynching of George Witherell - Wikipedia

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    In 1871, George Witherell and his accomplice, Eugene Wright, were involved in the murder of L.K. Wall in Elbert County, Colorado. Witherell bludgeoned Wall to death with a rifle, and both men subsequently covered Wall's body with stones before selling the sheep. Following the discovery of Wall's body, Witherell and Wright were identified as ...

  7. Roy Melanson - Wikipedia

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    Melanson was uncooperative with police and repeatedly tried to apply for parole before the Colorado Supreme Court, without success. [1] Melanson died on May 22, 2020, while serving his sentence. His death was not announced until 2021 when the Napa District Attorney's Office called the prison to check on him. [2]

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