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El Paso County Sheriff’s Office homicide investigations in 2018

Posted at 1:45 PM, Dec 20, 2018

and last updated 2019-01-14 10:40:07-05

EL PASO COUNTY – Authorities across El Paso County opened 49 homicide investigations in 2018 making it the deadliest year within all the jurisdictions inside the county. The majority of the 2018 investigations fall within the jurisdiction of the Colorado Springs Police Department.

Investigators with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office have managed 9 cases this year, with an additional case of a deputy-involved shooting investigated by CSPD. As the end of the year approaches there are only 2 cases not cleared with the arrest of a suspect or review by the District Attorney’s Office.

News5 went through crime statistics available free to the public online and verified with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office the data we’ve collected on homicides this year.

This year’s homicide cases have been linked to drug-related activity, accidental shootings, domestic violence, an deputy-involved shooting, and two killings without any information available about a possible motive.

In this data set, you’ll find information on weapons used, victim age and gender, suspect age and gender, and what charges were filed if any. The map in this story serves as a reference for homicides across southern Colorado by investigating agency in chronological order, along with a summary of the case so far.

If you have a question or comment about this article, contact the author at blloyd@koaa.com.

January 17th – Jerwarren Donterius Jackson, 23
April 14th – Larry Nelson, 72, and Pamela Nelson, 70
April 22nd – Robert Glenn Maples, 50
July 22nd – Gustavo Del Sol Sanchez, 46 and William Bacorn, 18
October 7th – Kenyatta Horne, 20
October 9th – Courtney Jackson, 42
December 1st – Cesar H. Diaz, 25

Details on 2018 homicide investigations in El Paso County

Colorado Springs Police Department homicide investigations in 2018

Jerwarren Donterius Jackson, 23 was stabbed inside his apartment at the Hampton Village on the 1600 block of Hampton South in the Stratmoor Hills area.
Tatyana King, 22, plead guilty on a charge of second degree murder for the stabbing death of her boyfriend, Jerwarren Donterius Jackson, 23. The couple was having an argument about infidelity at the time of the stabbing on January 7th.
El Paso County Sheriff's Office Patrol Cars block access to the scene of a double murder on Hobby Horse Lane where the bodies of Larry and Pamela Nelson were found on April 14, 2018
Robert Glenn Maples, 50, was shot outside the Value Inn near 6875 Space Village Dr. just south of Colorado Springs city limits.
David Rhoads, 38, is charged with first degree murder for the shooting death of Robert Glenn Maples, 50, on April 22, 2018.
Location where El Paso County Sheriff's Office deputies found Gustavo Del Sol Sanchez dead from a gunshot wound to the head on July 22, 2018. During this investigation Deputy C. Health shot and killed William Bacorn, 18, in self defense. (KOAA)
Terrell Hall, 20, and Collin Matthew, 26, were arrested in November 2018 on charges of first degree murder for the death of Gustavo Del Sol Sanchez, 46, during the alleged robbery of an illegal marijuana gro operation.
Kenyatta Horne, 20, was shot to death on the sidewalk in his quiet neighborhood along 6400 Tranters Creek Way in Security-Widefield on October 7, 2018.
Wayne TC Sellers, 19, is among four suspects arrested on a first degree murder charge for the October 7, 2018 killing of Kenyatta Horne, 20, in Security-Widefield.
Tyler Lee Wheeler, 20, is among four suspects arrested on a first degree murder charge for the October 7, 2018 killing of Kenyatta Horne, 20, in Security-Widefield.
Beslim Torres-Valle, 19, is among four suspects arrested on a first degree murder charge for the October 7, 2018 killing of Kenyatta Horne, 20, in Security-Widefield.
Kyle Watts, 19, is among four suspects arrested on a first degree murder charge for the October 7, 2018 killing of Kenyatta Horne, 20, in Security-Widefield.
Courtney Jackson, 42, was found shot to death inside her home on Mt. Wilson Place in the Falcon area on October 9, 2018.
Thomas Jackson, 45, was charged with first degree murder for the death of his wife Courtney Jackson, 42, on October 9, 2018.
Isaac Klippert is charged with manslaughter for the shooting death of Cesar H. Diaz, 25, at 3600 block of Saguaro Circle on December 1, 2018. A group of friends were drinking while cleaning weapons, according to investigators.