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Saturday, August 25, 2012  CSPD has ruled the death of a 10-month-old child a homicide. This is the first child homicide for 2012 and 18th homicide for the year.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012  A task force in El Paso County is hoping to stop an alarming trend of young children being killed by their parents after 10 children died last year.

Monday, February 28, 2011  The number of Colorado children abused or neglected has been growing.

Thursday, September 30, 2010  According to the Kansas-based group Kids and Cars, 48 children have died of hyperthermia after being left or becoming trapped in a hot car or truck.

Friday, September 17, 2010  Pueblo police and prosecutors are reviewing the death of a 3-year-old child who was struck and killed by a pickup at a car wash.

Thursday, July 08, 2010  BREAKING NEWS: Arrest warrant to be issued for Monique Lynch in Monument child death case; charge of Child Abuse Resulting in Death.

Tuesday, July 06, 2010  Late this afternoon, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office received test results pertaining to the identification of the child who was found in a Monument home on May 14, 2010.

Friday, June 25, 2010  The government is joining safety groups warning parents and other adults about the dangers of children being left inside hot automobiles this summer.

Tuesday, May 04, 2010  Twenty-nine-year-old Edward Geavanni Cox was arrested Monday in the April 17 death of Christian Wentz in Somerset.

Thursday, March 18, 2010  Republican leader Josh Penry asked for the hearings after the Fort Collins Coloradoan reported officials charged with reviewing the deaths of children under state supervision failed to complete reports for 10 of 11 cases since 2008.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010  Chad Munoz of Fort Collins died in January 2008. His father, 26-year-old Juan Munoz, is serving a nine-year prison term after pleading guilty to reckless manslaughter. A so-called state Department of Human Services "child fatality review" was to have been completed in late 2008.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009  Gov. Bill Ritter has signed a bill to provide better training for case workers and their supervisors to help prevent the deaths of children in state custody. .