August 30,
2004
Contact: Lynn
Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
Man charged in murder of
wife
Denver District Attorney Bill
Ritter, Jr. has formally charged a man in connection with the
murder of his wife and attempted murder of his mother-in-law.
Raymond Allen
(DOB 03-03-73)
is charged with first-degree murder (F1), attempted
first-degree murder (F2), first-degree assault (F3), and false
information (M3).
The Denver Police Department
received a 9-1-1 call on August 24, 2004
at approximately 12:30
a.m. to 1825 Arapahoe
Street on an assault. Police found 54-year-old Sharon Fordyce
and her 30-year-old daughter Dorothy Allen on the floor with
multiple lacerations. Allen was pronounced dead later that
morning and Fordyce is recuperating. The charges allege that
the Allen’s were getting a divorce and Raymond had made
threats in the past.
Allen will be formally advised
of the charges on September 1, 2004 at 9:00 a.m.
in Denver County Courtroom 12T.
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