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7:20 a.m. - Ebel made his daily phone call
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1:54 p.m. - Tamper alert for electronic bracelet
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3:21 p.m. - Ankle bracelet officially tampered with
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11:15 p.m. - Message left for Ebel to repair the bracelet
A message is left through CWISE for Ebel to return to repair his ankle bracelet. Ebel did not call in for his daily call nor did he call in for the message left for him regarding the ankle monitor. -
4:15 a.m. - Instructions left for Ebel regarding ankle monitor
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4:15 a.m. - Alert put out regarding Ebel
Alert notification to CPO through CWISE regarding the message they left for Ebel. Ebel did not call in for the message. -
Tamper still has not cleared
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5:16 p.m. - CPO notified that Ebel has not repaired his bracelet
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Ebel's family contacted regarding the bracelet
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CPO determines Ebel most likely absconded, alerts parole board
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Tom Clements murdered
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Warrant issued for Ebel
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9NEWS finds Ebel is prison gang member
Read 9NEWS' story for more information. 9Wants to Know sources have confirmed the identity of a Texas high speed chase suspect who has now become the focus of two Colorado murder investigations. Paroled prison inmate Evan Spencer Ebel, 28, led authorities on a harrowing, 100-mph car chase near Bowie, Texas Thursday that ended after he crashed into a semi and then opened fire before being shot down by his pursuers, authorities said. -
Texas shootout may have ties to Colo. murders
Authorities are looking to see if a car chase and shoot out near Bowie, Texas Thursday is linked to the murder of Colorado prison chief Tom Clements as well as Nathan Leon, the pizza delivery driver shot to death last week in Golden. 9Wants to Know has confirmed the identity of the suspect in the shootout and chase as 28-year-old Evan Spencer Ebel. For more information, read the story on 9NEWS. -
Ebel's criminal history discovered
More information on 9NEWS.com.According to Adams County court files, a former Colorado inmate being investigated in the death of the state prisons chief and a pizza delivery man violated his probation numerous times. -
Ebel's mother details concerns in blog
Story on 9NEWS.comIn the words of a mother you get a glimpse into the life of Evan Ebel, the man believed to responsible for the murders of Colorado prison chief Tom Clements and pizza delivery driver Nathan Leon. -
Ebel's father 'old friend' of Colorado Governor
The full story is on 9NEWS.com9Wants to Know has learned that Governor John Hickenlooper is friends with the father of the former Colorado prison inmate who is being investigated in the murders of the state prison's chief and a pizza delivery man. Ebel's father released a statement. -
Ebel called suspect in Colo. slaying
Full story on 9NEWS.com.Colorado investigators on Saturday said for the first time that a former prison inmate who was killed in a gunfight with Texas authorities is a suspect in the death of Colorado's state prison system chief. -
Clements' death highlights safety concerns
Read the full story on 9NEWS.com.The recent shooting death of Colorado's prison chief has focused attention on dangers faced by those who oversee prisons. -
DOC, former inmate dispute Clements murder theory
More information on 9NEWS.comThe Department of Corrections is concerned about claims made by anonymous sources to the Denver Post, which attempt to provide motive to the murder of former DOC Executive Director Tom Clements. Those claims are that the DOC was attempting to break up the 211 Crew prison gang by moving members to different prisons, and Clements' murder is in retaliation. -
Gun links Ebel to Clements' murder
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Ebel may have connection to other white supremacist
The white supremacist accused of killing Colorado's prisons chief may be connected to another high profile white supremacist who is currently serving a life sentence in prison. -
Bomb-making materials found in Evan Ebel's car
Law enforcement agencies say they have found bomb-making material, letters and surveillance cameras in the car of a suspect who police believe killed Colorado Department of Corrections Executive Director Tom Clements and pizza-delivery driver Nathan Leon. -
Memorial service for Nathan Leon
A married father of three who was killed while working as a pizza delivery driver was remembered at a memorial service in Lafayette. The service was for 27-year-old Nathan Leon, of Commerce City. -
Woman tied to gun Ebel used
Authorities with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation arrested a Commerce City woman they allege provided Evan Ebel the gun used to kill Colorado prison chief Tom Clements. -
Vigil appears in court
A woman who may be connected to the death of Colorado Department of Corrections executive director Tom Clements appeared in court Thursday. Stevie Marie Vigil, 22, is accused of buying a gun and giving it to Evan Ebel. Ebel allegedly shot and killed Clements on March 20.Vigil was arrested on suspicion of an illegal transfer of a firearm. -
Ebel removed ankle monitor before Clements' murder
The man suspected of killing Colorado's prisons chief removed his ankle bracelet before the murder, 9WANTS to Know has learned. Law enforcement issued an arrest warrant for Evan Ebel Wednesday, the day after Tom Clements' murder. The parolee was not considered a suspect at the time the warrant was issued. -
Ebel may have been released early from prison
The parolee accused of killing Colorado prison's chief may have been released as many as four years too early, according to documents obtained by 9Wants to Know. 9NEWS plans to ask The State Judicial office if it knows where the change in sentence was made and whether the state will review other cases to see if mistakes have been made with prisoners still behind bars. -
Court mistake led to Ebel's early release
The Court Administrator has ordered a review of how it sentences prisoners and sending that information to the Department of Corrections after the court admitted to 9Wants to Know Monday it made a mistake which allowed murder suspect Evan Ebel to get out of prison as many as four years too early. -
Leon's wife speaks about error
An apology won't change the fact that two Colorado families are dealing with unimaginable grief. Colorado's 11th Judicial District Court issued a statement Monday apologizing for what it calls a "clerical error" that let murder suspect Evan Ebel out of prison, as many as four years too early. "Clerical error ain't going to bring my husband back. [It] ain't going to bring Tom Clements back. It's not going to bring my childrens' father back. How do I tell my 4-year-old daddy was murdered because -
Ebel fantasized about killing prison staff
The parolee suspected in the slaying of Colorado's prisons chief wrote in 2006 that fantasizing about torturing and killing prison staff kept him sane during his incarceration. Evan Spencer Ebel wrote about his fantasies in a letter to someone outside prison. The letter was confiscated by guards in November 2006 and was obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. A prosecutor referred to it in 2008 when Ebel was sentenced to four years in prison for punching a guard in the face. -
More government workers could have caught error
More information can be found on 9NEWS.com.9Wants to Know has learned that more government workers could have caught the error that let double murder suspect Evan Ebel out of prison four years early. A Fremont County judge gave Ebel four years in 2008 for assaulting a corrections officer. The judge mistakenly didn't say whether the time was supposed to be served at the same time as his current sentence, or if the four years were in addition to the time he got for stealing a car and for burglary. -
Ebel signed prison letter with swastika
More information can be found on 9NEWS.com.Suspected murder Evan Ebel discussed harming guards and appears to ask an acquaintance to help him know who to harm, according to a letter obtained by 9Wants to Know Wednesday. -
Hickenlooper orders audit of inmate records
More information on 9NEWS.com.Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper says the state's corrections department will audit the records of all inmates to make sure they're serving appropriate sentences. -
Money raised for Leon's family
More information on 9NEWS.comState employees are raising money for the family of Nathan Leon. The father of three was killed last month in an attack authorities believe is connected to the murder of Department of Corrections chief Tom Clements. -
Clements' widow Lisa speaks
For more on Clements' widow Lisa, visit 9NEWS.com.Lisa Clements' mind is filled with far too many "what-if" scenarios to count. More than two weeks have passed since the murder of her husband, and she is still openly wondering what might have happened had the couple decided not to move to Colorado in early 2011. -
Two supremacists sought
More information on 9NEWS.comAuthorities investigating the death of Colorado's prisons chief told law enforcement officers Wednesday to be on the lookout for two known associates of a white supremacist prison gang. James Lohr, 47, and Thomas Guolee, 31, aren't being called suspects in the death of Colorado Department of Corrections chief Tom Clements, but their names have surfaced during the investigation, El Paso County sheriff's Lt. Jeff Kramer said. -
First supremacist arrested
More information on the arrest on 9NEWS.comJames Lohr, a known associate of a white supremacist prison gang and a person of interest in the homicide investigation of Colorado Department of Corrections Executive Director Tom Clements, was taken into custody Thursday night by the Colorado Springs Police Department. -
Gun recovered from Lohr's car
More information on 9NEWS.comThe El Paso County Sheriff's Office has recovered a gun thrown from the car of James Lohr during an early morning chase Friday. Lohr and 31-year-old Thomas Goulee are believed to be part of a white supremacist gang, the same gang whose members included Evan Ebel. Lohr was arrested early Friday morning. -
How 9NEWS broke story of Ebel's early release
For a closer look on how 9NEWS broke the news of murderer's early release News about the accidental-early release of a man who police say then murdered two people has dominated our newscasts.The story lead our newscasts many nights over the past two weeks. Police say Evan Ebel is thought to have murdered Prison chief Tom Clements and father of three Nate Leon. Investigative reporter Jace Larson has broken all major developm -
More prisoner sentencing mistakes found
The court administrator tells the 9Wants to Know investigators it has completed its review of prisoner sentences and found two more errors. Fremont County is in the 11th Judicial District and is the same district that made the mistake which allowed suspected murderer Evan Ebel to go free four years early. Two mistakes were made, according to a statement from the 11th Judicial District, and "minor sentencing adjustments" had to be made. -
New policy requires faster response
More information is available on 9NEWS.comThe Department of Corrections has changed its policy to require that parole officers respond within two hours after receiving an alert that could indicate a parolee has removed an ankle monitor. The policy comes after 9Wants to Know reported suspected murderer Evan Ebel took off his ankle monitor days before police say he killed two people. -
Prison system to roundup parole absconders
More information on 9NEWS.comThe Colorado Department of Corrections plans to hold monthly roundups of offenders who have run away, according to a news release. The announcement is part of a plan from the parole division to implement designs to enhance the apprehension of absconders in the patrol system, the release said. -
2nd supremacist arrested
More information on 9NEWS' website.COLORADO SPRINGS - A white supremacist gang member wanted in connection with the murder of Colorado's prisons chief was arrested Thursday in Colorado Springs, 9Wants to Know confirmed Thursday. Colorado Springs police assisted the Colorado Fugitive Location and Apprehension Group in arresting Thomas Guolee, 31. -
Company explains ankle monitors
More information on ankle monitors can be found on 9NEWS.comColorado's prison system leaders are still trying to explain what happened with Evan Ebel - the parolee suspected of killing the agency's director, as well as a father of three who was delivering pizzas as a second job. The Department of Corrections admits there was a "delay" in responding to a tamper alert on Ebel's ankle monitor. It took officers five days to figure out that Ebel was likely an absconder and to issue a warrant for breaking parole. -
Gang member doesn't know Ebel
More on 9NEWS.comA man questioned in the killing of the head of Colorado's prison system says he doesn't know the only person identified as a suspect in the slaying. Thomas Guolee told The Denver Post he never met Evan Ebel, the white supremacist gang member who died in a shootout last month and has been named as a suspect in the death of prison chief Tom Clements. Authorities arrested Guolee on parole violations two weeks ago. -
Ebel filed more than 40 complaints in prison
More information on 9NEWS.comThe 9Wants to Know investigators continue to dig up new information in the murder of Department of Corrections chief Tom Clements. Suspected murderer Evan Ebel filed 40 prison grievances before he was released in January. Ebel complained about unsanitary conditions and not receiving his mail. He was also frustrated with the same song repeatedly playing on the radio. Ebel did not threaten anyone and records show most of the grievances were resolved. -
Documents released in Ebel case
Find more information on 9NEWS.comThe Colorado Department of Corrections has released the full prison files of Evan Ebel and Homaidan Al-Turki to 9Wants to Know Friday afternoon. Both men are part of the investigation in the murder of Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements. According to the documents, law enforcement officials went to Evan Ebel's home four hours prior to the murder Clements. Authorities discovered that Ebel was missing as well as most of his clothes. -
Evan Ebel's prison purchases detailed
For a more detailed list of purchases, visit 9NEWS.com.New documents just released from Evan Ebel's prison file show he regularly received Western Union wire transfers ranging from several hundred dollars to more than $1,000, 9Wants to Know reports. -
New details on Ebel's life released
For more information on Ebel's life, visit 9NEWS.comYears before suspected murderer Evan Ebel spent most of his prison time in isolation, he lived in isolation as a teenager at a camp for troubled teens in Pacific island nation of Samoa. -
Prison use of isolation debated
The full story can be found on 9NEWS.comThe head of the group that wants to ban administrative segregation, or isolation, for young prisoners says she thinks suspected murderer Evan Ebel's time in isolation at a camp for troubled youth and his time in prison isolation may have pushed him over the edge. Evan Ebel is suspected of murdering Nate Leon, a man working a pizza-delivery job to make extra money for his family and Department of Corrections Executive Director Tom Clements in March. -
Dozens of errors found in prisoner sentences
Dozens of errors foudn in prison sentencesThe State of Colorado has adjusted sentences of 56 prisoners after an ongoing audit discovered mistakes were made in their sentencing, 9Wants to Know has confirmed. -
Vigil pleads not guilty
More information on 9NEWS.comAn attorney for a woman accused of providing the weapon used to kill Colorado's prisons chief says Evan Ebel forced her to turn over the gun. Stevie Marie Anne Vigil pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of buying a handgun and giving it to Ebel, the sole suspect in the shooting death of state corrections chief Tom Clements in March. -
Colorado parole dept. head on leave
More information on 9NEWS.com.
The head of Colorado's parole department has been put on paid leave while an independent agency reviews parole operations. The review was ordered after the 9Wants to Know investigative team discovered it took parole staff five days to check on Evan Ebel after he removed his ankle monitor. By that time Ebel could not be located. -
Video shows Evan Ebel shoot deputy
The Sheriff's Office released dash cam video of the March traffic stop involving suspected murderer Evan Ebel. Police say Ebel killed Department of Corrections Director Tom Clements and father-of-three Nate Leon in Colorado and then drove to Texas where he got in a shootout with police March 21 and was killed. -
New audio of Ebel's parole hearing released
9Wants to Know has new information about the ex-con police say murdered a father of three, along with Colorado's prison chief. New audio tapes obtained by 9Wants to Know let us hear from Evan Ebel himself, as he tried to convince the parole board he was not a dangerous man. -
Number of prisoner sentencing errors grows
More information on 9NEWS.comThe state has now discovered 129 errors in prisoners' sentences as part of an ongoing audit being conducted after 9Wants to Know discovered the chief suspect in the murder of Department of Corrections Chief Tom Clements was released from prison four years too early due to a court error -
Gov. names new prison director
More information on 9NEWS.com
The El Paso County Sheriff says a parolee suspected of killing Colorado's prisons chief had a list with him when he died that included the names and addresses of other Colorado officials. -
Ebel was taking anti-anxiety drug
More information on 9NEWS.comEvan Ebel had an anti-anxiety drug in his system when he was killed during a shootout with Texas deputies in March, according to toxicology results released Monday. -
New DOC director defends early release programs
More information on 9NEWS.comThe new Department of Corrections Executive Director Rick Raemisch said his idea of success would be lowering the Colorado prison population while reducing the overall crime rate. He is a proponent of merit-based early release programs for non-violent offenders. -
Prison chief says parolee shouldn't have been able to abscond
More information on 9NEWS.com
The new executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections tells the 9Wants to Know investigators that he has faith in his staff to correct mistakes that have come to light since an inmate was accidentally released from prison before allegedly killing the former department director. -
Vigil's state charges dropped, arrested on federal charges
Read the full story on 9NEWS.comThe state dismissed charges against a 22-year-old woman Friday morning who is accused of buying a gun for Evan Ebel, but agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives immediately arrested her on a related federal charge. Ebel is accused of killing the Colorado Department of Corrections Director Tom Clements and father of three Nate Leon in March. A federal grand jury has handed up an indictment on Stevie Vigil for one count of transfer of a firearm to a felon. -
Hundreds of prison-sentencing errors now discovered
More information on 9NEWS.com
The number of prisoner-sentencing errors discovered in an audit following a 9Wants to Know investigation has grown from the last count of 129 to 276, according to the newest numbers from the Colorado Department of Corrections and the Colorado Judicial Department.
