A Colorado man who spent more than three weeks in jail on murder and other charges has been cleared.
A Colorado man who spent more than three weeks in jailand other charges has been cleared after the El Paso County Coroner's Office uncovered evidence that the girlfriend he was accused of strangling had actually hanged herself.
But they accused him of staging the scene, arrested him and charged him with a half-dozen crimes, including first-degree murder, tampering with human remains and destroying evidence, court records show. Kirby eventually posted $100,000 bond on Aug. 18 and was ordered to stay away from the children that he shared with Teetzel. Then on Monday, one week after a forensic pathologist ruled Teetzel's death a suicide by hanging, the case against him was dismissed., available video surveillance footage, and injuries observed on postmortem examination strongly suggested homicide due to strangulation," Dr. Jarod Murdoch wrote in the autopsy.
"So there was a wealth of information, if they just would've investigated the case and not rushed to the conclusion that Miles was guilty," he added.Police declined to comment Wednesday but said"This is still an active ongoing investigation," Fountain police spokeswoman Lisa Schneider told Fox News Digital Wednesday. "It would not be appropriate for us to discuss facts of the case so we will not be releasing any further statements at this point.
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