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August 25, 2004

Contact: Lynn Kimbrough, 720-913-9025

 

 

WOMAN CHARGED IN CIVIC CENTER PARK MURDER

 

Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter, Jr. has formally charged a woman in connection with the stabbing death of 29-year-old Benyam Woldemariam.

 

Shauneque McClain (DOB: 8-15-76) is charged with second-degree murder (F2).

 

The charge alleges that during an altercation in Civic Center Park last Tuesday, August 17, 2004, McClain stabbed Woldemariam.  He was taken to Denver Health Medical Center and later died.

 

McClain remains in custody in the Denver County Jail and will appear in Denver County Court on Friday, August 27, 2004 at 9 a.m. to be advised of the charge.

 

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*The filing of a criminal charge is merely a formal accusation that an individual(s) committed a crime(s) under Colorado laws.  A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.  See Colo. RPC 3.6

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