WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Friday marks 26 years since a triple murder rocked Westminster.
Paul Skiba, his 9-year-old daughter, Sarah, and his worker, Lorenzo Chivers, disappeared on February 7, 1999, after indicators of a wrestle at Skiba’s shifting firm, Tuff Movers. Their our bodies haven’t been discovered, and neither has a suspect.
“Officers have been down there and found what against the law scene,” stated Detective Troy Gordonier with the Westminster Police Division.
In accordance with investigators, Skiba and Chivers had labored a few shifting jobs in Thornton and Morrison all through the day. Sarah, who had tagged alongside together with her dad, made one ultimate name at 6:22 p.m. shortly earlier than the trio returned to the truck yard, situated within the 7100 block of North Raleigh Avenue, round 7 p.m.
Investigators consider the three have been murdered both within the yard or at a secondary location.
“It appeared as if there had been some form of confrontation and that individuals had been shot,” stated Gordonier.
The truck was discovered again within the lot on North Raleigh Avenue the following day.
“We’ve got a witness who truly heard that truck return and hit the fence because it was being pulled again into the shifting yard,” Gordonier informed Denver7.
Twenty-six years later, the case stays unsolved. Nevertheless, Gordonier stated new proof has emerged, which might change that.
“What we have found, as nicely, is there’s elements of the shifting truck that we’re lacking. So the large shifting ramp that will have been with this truck truly splits into two, and that ramp is lacking, in addition to shifting blankets and shifting straps,” stated Gordonier.
Westminster detectives reanalyzed the unique proof and found new DNA, which they’re working to check with at the moment’s expertise.
“We have talked to many individuals that have been concerned within the investigation again then. Most of these persons are nonetheless alive and nonetheless right here within the Denver space. We nonetheless have extra that we wish to communicate with,” stated Gordonier.
The trio’s family members are hoping this break will lastly assist resolve the case.
“Her loss has not gotten any simpler, and reliving the occasions yearly is a heartbreaking approach to bear in mind her,” stated Sarah’s mom, Michelle Russell, in a press release. “Some individuals say she was on the incorrect place on the incorrect time. She is totally harmless since she was solely 9 ½ years outdated on the time. Why would anybody wish to kill her in chilly blood?”
“The households undoubtedly would actually admire to have some closure, and so they deserve that closure,” stated Gordonier.
Authorities are providing a $10,000 reward for info that helps resolve the case. Anybody with info is requested to name Westminster PD at 303-658-4360.
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