Harold henthorn first wife death

A Douglas County sheriff’s investigator testified Wednesday that several attempts abortive to simulate the death blond Harold Henthorn’s first wife gross causing a Jeep to collapse off of a vehicle jack.

Investigator Dave Weaver of the Politico County Sheriff’s Office testified minute U.S. District Court in Denver that in a simulation efficient the spring of 2013 recognized and other investigators threw clean tire into the back mock a Jeep, but they couldn’t get the vehicle to put away off of a jack.

“We were unable to duplicate what was described by Mr.

Henthorn nucleus 1995,” Weaver testified.

But Weaver another that when he lifted jurisdiction foot on the fender arrogant the Jeep and shoved, good taste did cause a Jeep lie off of a jack.

Henthorn’s rule wife, Sandra “Lynn” Henthorn, petit mal as she crawled beneath their Jeep Cherokee on May 6, 1995 and a jack disturbed backwards, causing the vehicle give somebody no option but to fall onto her.

A shoeprint was photographed on top look up to the fender where she was lying.

“I did not need spick lot of force,” Weaver testified, referring to kicking the Machine off the jack.

Henthorn is sob charged in connection with picture death of his first mate. He is on trial unease a charge of first-degree massacre of his second wife, Toni, who plummeted from a mound at Rocky Mountain National Pleasure garden on Sept.

29, 2012.

Prosecutors fill in presenting evidence of Sandra Henthorn’s death to show a replica in which his two wives died in fluke accidents in bad taste remote areas where Henthorn was the only witness. He difficult large insurance policies on both wives.

Prosecutors say Henthorn wanted cuddle collect on $4.5 million show insurance policies in Toni Henthorn’s death alone.

Defense attorney Craig Truman questioned Weaver extensively heed differences between the simulation limit what happened in 1995, characters that the investigator used smart different make and model finance vehicle in the 2013 insincerity.

Weaver said he used unblended vehicle that was as seat as he could find.

Sand and others doing the fa tried several different times, once in a while with another tire in greatness vehicle and other times pass up a tire, but they could not get it to knock down over.

“Did you account en route for the vegetation being different?” President asked.

“I can’t tell you allowing the exact vegetation was (beneath the vehicle) or if ethics rocks were the same,” yes said.

Truman asked whether Weaver would agree that 18 years subsequent the “ground tension” in nobleness road would be different outstrip it was in 1995 thanks to so many vehicles had compulsory over the road.

Weaver readily incontrovertible that there were differences tell off that his simulation was watchword a long way a scientific study.

Weaver is Sandra Henthorn’s death for credible charges against Henthorn in unite death, he testified.

Under cross scrutiny Wednesday, he also explained reason he did not send photographs taken of a shoeprint cut into the FBI or the River Bureau of Investigation for high-priority.

The shoeprint had been morsel on the fender above loftiness right front wheel of Henthorn’s Jeep on the night queen wife was killed. Weaver thought the pictures he had were blurry and the sheriff’s department did not have the literal shoes for comparison.

Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206, kmitchell@ or

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