S T E A M B O AT
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JUNE 18, 2009
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Vol. 21, No. 145
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What a hoot
Search continues Scaled back efforts to find Rebecca Green hindered by high water levels Page 3
H AY D E N
Man turns himself in Resident wanted on drug charges says liquids found at home were fuel additives Page 3
SPORTS
Rugby for youths Page 25
■ INDEX Briefs . . . . . . . . .10 Business. . . . . . .16 Classifieds . . . . .29 Colorado. . . . . . .17 Comics . . . . . . . .29 Crossword . . . . .29
Johnson guilty again
Jury re-convicts man of killing Steamboat resident Lori Bases in 2000 Pierrette J. Shields LONGMONT TIMES-CALL
FORT COLLINS
A Larimer County jury of 11 men and one woman took less than three hours Wednesday to convict Thomas Lee Johnson of first-degree murder in the
■ LOTTO Happenings . . . . .7 Horoscope . . . . .30 Nation. . . . . . . . .23 Sports. . . . . . . . .25 ViewPoints . . . . . .8 Weather . . . . . . .22
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An owl sits in a spruce tree in Strawberry Park near The Lowell Whiteman School.
Wednesday night’s Powerball numbers: 5-9-37-42-53 27, 5 Lotto numbers: 2-7-12-20-28-30 Cash 5 numbers: 2-5-9-25-30
May 2000 stabbing death of Steamboat Springs resident Lori Bases. Johnson also was convicted of first-degree criminal trespass and criminal mischief in a retrial granted by the Colorado Court of Appeals in 2006. The Court of Appeals had over-
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An afternoon storm. High of 68.
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turned Johnson’s 2001 conviction because of faulty instructions given to the jury. Johnson’s retrial began June 4 in Fort Collins and wrapped up Wednesday with closing arguments. Jurors began delibSee Verdict, page 12
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