DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in a 1980 cold case homicide.
The sheriff’s office said James Curtis Clanton, 62, has been arrested in connection with the homicide of 21-year-old Helene Pruszynski. Pruszynski was found stabbed to death in a field on Daniels Park Road in Castle Pines on January 16, 1980. Investigators believe she was abducted while walking from a bus stop, returning home from her internship.
Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said Clanton was arrested in Union County, Florida, and extradited to Colorado over the weekend. Authorities credited a combination of DNA analysis and old-fashioned police work for the break in the investigation.
