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April 8,
2003
Contact: Lynn Kimbrough,
720-913-9025
ELDERLY MAN
CHARGED IN FRIEND’S MURDER
73-year-old
Richard Vanhartesvelt (DOB: 2-1-30) has been formally
charged with first-degree murder today, in connection
with the death of 68-year-old Irving Henny last week.
The charge alleges
that the two men, who were long-time friends, were at
Vanhartesvelt’s Denver home on April 2, 2003 when an argument
occurred. Denver police officers who responded to the home on
April 3, 2003 found Henny’s body lying on the living room floor
with apparent stab wounds. Vanhartesvelt remains in custody in
the Denver County Jail. He will appear in Denver County Court,
room 12T, on April 10, 2003 at 8:30 a.m. to be advised of the
charge.
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