County/District Court THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

City and County of Denver, Colorado

Offense Case No. 2018-105869

AFFIDAVIT AND APPLICATION FOR ARREST WARRANT

AND THE ARREST WARRANT FOR THE PERSON(S) OF:

Terry Lone Dunford (a.k.o. Terry Wayne Dunford), doh: 03/29/1977, a white male, 5'11",
approximately 150 lbs., brown hair and hazel eyes with numerous tattoos; FBI# 786549FB1, for
Murder in the 151 degree, C.R.S. 18-3-101 (l)(a), Class l Felony.

I, Detective Ko.ri Johnson, 97028, lhc Affinnt, stntc under oath that the facls known to lhc Affiant which establish probable cause to believe
that o criminal offense was committed, and dtal the offense was committed by dtc above-named pcrson(s), arc the following:

On Tuesday, F~ , 2018 at 7:20 p.m. the Denver Combined Communications Center received a
911 call from . . . . .stating that he had not heard from the mother of his children, Jeanna Leslie,
dob: 06/29/ 1968, in over a week and that she was supposed to have picked up their children that night
for a Nuggets basketball game but failed to do so and had not contacted him or their children. Officers
responded on a welfare check to the Rio Grande Lofts located at 1531 Stout Street, apartment #306, in
the City and County of Denver, at approximately 11 :29 p.m. and receiving no answer at the door,
requested the fire department for assistance to enter the residence after finding the door locked. Upon
opening the door, officers and fire department personnel noticed the overwhelming smell of
decomposition. Officer Jason Mejia, 08060 and Officer Nicholas Ciardullo, 15037, entered the
apartment. Officer Mejia noted he observed what appeared to be bloody clothing and blood stains on
the carpet and the walls of the entry way. While clearing the residence, the officers observed what
appeared to be more blood throughout the apartment. The bathroom door was closed, and upon opening
it, Officer Mejia and Officer Nicholas Ciardullo, 15037, observed what appeared to be a deceased white
female with Jong dark hair, wearing what appeard to be a white button down shirt with a blood stains,
and naked from the waist down suffering from multiple stab wounds. Denver Health Medical Center
ambulance #75 responded with attending paramedic Vahabi. The victim was pronounced deceased by
Denver Health Medical Center Doctor Kevin McVaney at 1: IO a.m. on February 14, 20 J 8.

A search warrant and affidavit in support of search warrant for 1531 Stout Street, apartment 306, was
authored by Denver Police Night Shift Detective Jacob Huffine, 08016, and approved by Denver District
Attorney Beth Mccann and the Honorable Judge Diane Briscoe. The search warrant was executed by
your Affiant and members of the Denver Police Crime laboratory. During the execution of the search
warrant, your Affiant observed what appeared to be large amounts blood throughout the studio apartment
on the floor and the walls, and attempts to clean up or cover the stains. Items of evidence located in the
residence included the following:

Bloody clothing in the entry area of the apartment, personal property belonging to the victim, a red
handled stainless steel knife with suspected blood on it, a green handled stainless-steel knife from the
bed near the red handled knife, two silver stainless table knives, one with apparent blood and one without.
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On the floor and a small stand in the Jiving area were empty cardboard carriers for a six-pack of Corona
beer and a six-pack of Guinness beer. A Guinness bottle with suspected blood was located on the floor
of the entry way and a partly consumed bottle of Corona beer was located sitting on the tank of the toilet.

Located on the floor near the bed and the door to the bathroom was a pair tan, green and black camouflage
cargo style men's pants with suspected blood on them. A large light tan sweatshirt with a fish logo in a
circular pattern on the front, also with suspected blood, was located lying on the floor on the opposite
side of the door to the bathroom.

A Custody Report from the Wheatridge, Colorado police department was located on top of a silver laptop
computer located on the couch in the living room area. The name listed on that document was "Dunford,
Terry Lane II" with a date of birth of 03/29/1977. The description was of a white male, 5' 11, 175 lbs.
with brown hair and brown eyes. Also recovered from a brown Banana Republic shopping bag located
in the bedroom area of the apartment was a man's brown Quicksilver wallet with a Department of
Veterans Affairs identification card issued to Terry Lane Dunford, II, a Hawaii issued Driver's License,
issued to Terry Lane Dunford, II, dob: 03/29/1977, and a Denver Rescue Mission identification card
issued to Terry Dunford on February 7, 2018. The photograph on the Denver Rescue Mission showed
Mr. Dunford to have a goatee and was wearing what appeared to be a light-colored shirt or sweatshirt
with a brown curved image on the front. What appears to be a dark colored necklace is present on the
right side of Mr. Dunford's neck. Located in the same shopping bag was a white Apple iPhone in a clear
gold case, later identified as belonging to the victim.

A receipt for Champa Fine Wine & Liquor, located at 1600 Champa Street, was found in the pocket of
the tan pants with blood stains located in the entry way of the apartment with the date stamp of
2/7/2018 and the time of 5:04 p.m. During subsequent investigation, Homicide Detective Daniel
Andrews, 96015, recovered video from the Champa Fine Wine & Liquor that showed the victim, a
white female with long, dark hair wearing a dark colored jacket, what appears to be a white shirt, tan
colored pants, black knee~high boots and carrying a black purse, enter the front door of the liquor store
with a white male, with dark hair and a goatee and wearing a light colored sweatshirt with a logo on
the front that appears identical to the logo on the sweatshirt found in the victim's apartment. They
enter the liquor store at approximately 5:02 p.m. and are seen leaving together a few minutes later.
The male party is carrying what appears to be a six-pack of Corona bottles and a six-pack of Guinness
bottles.

On February 14. 201~ imately 4:08 a.m. Homicide Detective William Saulton interviewed the
victim's ex-husband. . . ., who provided Detective Saulton with the victim's vehicle
information. He advised your Affiant that the victim drove a gray Nissan Rogue. Your Affiant had
established that there was no attached parking garage to the building, however your Affiant observed a
parking garage across the street. Your Affiant requested assistance from Officer Mejia in driving the
parking garage to ascertain if the victim's vehicle was parked there. Officer Mejia advised your
Affiant that he had located a blue Nissan Rogue, Colorado license plate BMW-776 on the third level of
the parking garage. A subsequent Department of Motor Vehicles search revealed that vehicle listed to
Jeanna Leslie at 1531 Stout St, #306. Your Affiant observed that vehicle in it's parking spot on the 3n1
level and noted that it appeared to have a thin layer of dust on it.
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On February 14, 2018 at 12:2~ Affiant contacted- , the manager at Global Pacific
Parking at 1520 Stout Street. . . . . . . provided your Affiant with the key card log for the victim
indicating that the victim last used her key card to access the secure garage on February 6, 2018 at 4:28
p.m. The access was at the entry to the garage. - stated that the key card for the victim had
not been used since. Your Affiant and Mike Bush of the Denver Crime Lab Forensic Imaging Unit
reviewed video footage captured by Global Pacific Parking of the lobby exit from the parking garage.
At approximately 4:33 p.m. a white female with long dark hair wearing a dark colored jacket, dark
colored knee-high boots and carrying a purse that appears identical to the black purse located in the
victim's apartment exits the stairwell from the parking garage, walks across the lobby, exits the doors
and walks straight across Stout Street.

The photographs of Terry Lane Dunford on the identification cards that were recovered from the wallet
at the crime scene are a match to the male party in the liquor store surveillance video and the
. The tan, green and black camouflage cargo style men's pants, and the
tan sweatshirt with the logo on the front, with suspected blood stains, that were recovered from the
crime scene, are a match to the clothin bein worn by the male party in the liquor store surveillance
video an . Your Affiant believes that the male party with the victim
at the liquor store and is the suspect, Terry Lane Dunford.

On February 15, 2018, at approximately 11 :20 a.m., Your Affiant was contacted by Certified Latent
Print Examiner Michael Odom from the Denver Police Department's Crime Lab/ Latent Print Unit.
Mr. Odom told Your Affiant that a latent print had been developed on one of the "Pfaltzgraff
Everyday" metal butter knives that had been recovered from the crime scene. The latent print was
compared to the available exemplars for Terry Dunford, dob: 03/29/1977, FBI number 786549FB I.
Mr. Odom told Your Affiant that the latent print from the knife was identified to the known exemplars
for Terry Dunford and was a match. The identification was verified by Certified Latent Print Examiner
Natalie Hernandez.

On February 15, 2018 at 4:33 p.m. Mike Bush of the Denver Crime Lab Forensic Imaging Unit sent
your Affiant 3 screen shots of a male party captured on a camera located in the hallway directly across
from the victim's apartment door on the 3rc1 floor. The victim's door is not captured, but the area
immediately next to the door and down the hallway is. Mr. Bush indicated that the image was from
February 7, 2018 at approximately 5: t Op.m. The photographs are consistent with the male party
identified as Terry Lane Dunford. They present a profile image of a male with dark hair, a goatee,
wearing a light-colored crew neck top. That image appears consistent with the picture of Terry
Dunford from the Denver Rescue Mission identification card issued February 7, 2018.
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On February 14, 2018 Denver Police Detective John Medford, 97014, conducted a digital download of
the victim's Apple iPhone data. On February 16, 2018 your Affiant reviewed that data and noted that
the last time call activity registered on the victim's phone was February 7, 2018 at 3:29 p.m. The last
SMS message activity that was read was on February 7, 2018 at 1:43 p.m. There were no outgoing
SMS messages after that time. The last iMessage activity was a message out from the victim's phone
on February 7, 2018 at 3: 15 p.m. and the last web search was conducted on February 7, 2018 at 2:32
p.m.

Based upon the above stated facts and information, your Affiant respectfully requests an arrest warrant
be issued for Terry Lane Dunford II, doh: 03/29/1977 for Murder in the pt degree, C.R.S. 18-3-
102 (l)(a), Class 1 Felony.

I affirm this infonnalion to be true and correct

Subscribed under oath before me on

My commission expires:

ARREST WARRANT
To all Sheriffs, Peace Officers and Police Officers with the said State:

You are hereby commnndt.-d to take the person of the defendant and bring him without unnecessary delny before n Judge of the County
Coun to be dealt with according to low.

On February 16, 2018, Denver Chief Deputy District Attorney Mott Wenig a

Bail fixed at $ tf_/fl.# ;ll'l'ID,/ll.4AI~

Date

I HEREBY CERTIFY that I executed the above warrant on (date) _ _ _ _ _ by toking _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

- - - - - - - (nnmc of person arrested) into custody and placing snid person in the _ _ _ _ Jail for safekeeping until
further order of the court.

Signature of Arresting Officer