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Ferguson, J.D. 11/05/01 (age 83); Broadmoor Colorado Springs Colorado
Topic Started: Jul 11 2006, 08:40 AM (509 Views)
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Evidence loss dismays relatives
Gazette, The (Colorado Springs), May 5, 2006 by DENNIS HUSPENI THE GAZETTE

The father of a missing boy says he's being shut out by Colorado Springs police about whether the case is affected by the recent disclosure that evidence has been destroyed.

Police Chief Luis Velez revealed last week that 11,395 pieces of evidence were accidentally destroyed in 4,103 criminal cases during the past 10 years.

"I couldn't believe it," said Gil Abeyta, whose infant son, Christopher, disappeared from his crib in the family home July 15, 1986. "That's our life, our history. That's all we've lived for. We can't start all over."

Abeyta said he got an unofficial call from a source inside the department tipping him off that evidence in Christopher's disappearance is part of what has been lost.

Police spokesman Lt. Rafael Cintron declined to comment on Abeyta's claim.


"It would be irresponsible to comment before the internal investigation is complete," Cintron said Thursday.

Police officials Thursday again refused to release a list of the 4,103 cases involved, saying it would compromise the internal investigation. A list of affected cases was sent to the 4th Judicial District Attorney's Office last week.

District Attorney John Newsome has said it is up to police to release the list.

Employees who work in the department's evidence section destroyed the evidence after improperly following a policy on evidence disposal. Velez said last week investigators have no information that laws were broken, only that policy was not followed. He also said no homicide cases were affected.

Harley Ferguson, the son of J.D. Ferguson, isn't convinced -- his father has been missing for almost five years, and there's a possibility he's dead.

J.D. Ferguson, 83, disappeared Nov. 5, 2001, from his Broadmoor- area home. Police have said the disappearance was suspicious, and evidence indicated a crime had been committed.

"I believe that may be true," Harley Ferguson said of the possibility that evidence in his father's case was destroyed. "The whole thing has been handled ineffectively and sloppily. If they lost it, that would just be consistent with what's been happening."

He said that after police searched his father's house and collected evidence, they released the house to him and said it was OK to clean it. Police returned two times to try to find fingerprints after the house had been cleaned, he said.

Asked whether he called police to ask about possible destroyed evidence in his father's case, Ferguson said he hadn't bothered.
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Missing Since: November 5, 2001 from Colorado Springs, Colorado
Classification: Endangered Missing
Age: 83
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 185 lbs.
Hair Color: White
Eye Color: Brown
Race: White
Gender: Male


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Details of Disappearance
JD Ferguson was last seen on November 5, 2001 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Investigators believe foul play is involved in his disappearance as the investigation revealed that items were removed from Mr. Ferguson's Broadmoor area home within the timeframe that coincided with his disappearance. Included in the items taken were two silver lamps.



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Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Colorado Springs Police Department
Detective Derek A. Graham
444-7561
OR
Crime Stoppers
634-(STOP)



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Pikes Peak Crime Stoppers
City of Colorado Springs

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Unsolved Individual Case/Record Detail
Record ID 9 Entered On 11/25/2004
Agency Case ID 2 Case Date November 6, 2001
Case Type Unsolved - Suspicious Circumstances Case State CO
Case Location 137 Cresta Road
Brief Case Narrative .Mr. Ferguson was reported missing on Nov. 06, 2001 after a house keeper went to his residence and notice that several things were out of place. A friend last spoke to Mr. Ferguson by phone while he was preparing to watch Monday night football at his residence. Foul play is suspected in the disappearance of Mr. Ferguson's. You may also contact your local Crime Stoppers (719-634-STOP) if you wish to remain anonymous.
Detective Assigned Derek Graham Det Phone (719) 444-7561 Ext.
Det Email Grahamde@ci.colospgs.co.us Alternate Phone (719) 634-7867 Ext.

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Eye Color Brown - Light/Medium
Hair Color & Length Gray / Silver - Short Length

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Name JD Ferguson
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City Colorado Springs State CO
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DOB / Age / 83 Height -- Weight -- 185
Eye Color Brown - Light/Medium
Hair Color & Length Gray / Silver - Short Length


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JD Ferguson
CASE TYPE: MISSING
INCIDENT DATE: Nov 5, 2001
CASE #: 01-37524
AGE: 83
DOB: Apr 12, 1918
HEIGHT: 5' 10 "
WEIGHT: 185 lbs
GENDER: MALE
HAIR: White
EYES: Brown
RACE: Caucasian
STATUS: OPEN
CITY: Colorado Springs
COUNTY: El Paso County
DATE OF DEATH: Unknown

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J.D. Ferguson, 83 years of age at the time of his disappearance is described as a white male, 5'10, 185 pounds, white hair, and brown eyes. Mr. Ferguson was last seen wearing a white shirt and dark pants. Mr. Ferguson was reported missing on November 5, 2001. Criminal involvement is suspected in his disappearance.

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Missing case 'suspicious'/ Police still search for Broadmoor resident
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The last any of his Broadmoor neighbors saw him, J.D. Ferguson was walking down his driveway Monday evening, carrying what was thought to be a pillow and a radio while another man waited for him.

When last seen by a neighbor, the 83-year-old Ferguson apparently was on his way to visit his wife, Doreen, who was on her deathbed a short distance away at Brighton Gardens, a nursing home where she had lived for more than two years. No one has seen J.D. Ferguson since.

Doreen Ferguson, 87, who reportedly had suffered a series of strokes in recent years, died Wednesday.

Detective Derek Graham of the Colorado Springs Police Department confirmed that Ferguson visited his wife Monday.
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"We really do believe there is something very suspicious about his disappearance," Graham said, adding that the timing of the wife's death and the disappearance of the husband are coincidental.

Graham declined to say whether there are any suspects.

On Friday, there was no yellow crime-scene tape around the Fergusons' red-brick home in the 130 block of Cresta Drive, which is lined in front by towering blue spruce trees a short distance northeast from The Broadmoor hotel.

Graham would not comment on whether the home is being viewed as a crime scene. He said only, "We have concluded our investigation at the house."

One neighbor saw J.D. Ferguson's car being towed away after police investigated the scene, but Graham declined to confirm that.

Graham also would not discuss whether the car was searched or whether the fact that it was still at the house is the reason police think foul play was involved.

Neighbors say in spite of his age and the fact that he uses a cane, Ferguson is robust for his years, still able to cook and take care of himself.

Neighbors didn't know the Fergusons well, but one neighbor said "he drove a lot and he walked with a cane. He didn't seem senile. He got around pretty well."

The neighbors did not want to be identified.

Ferguson's son, Harley Ferguson of Colorado Springs, declined to comment, saying police advised him not to talk to the media.
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