Evidence loss dismays relatives
Gazette, The (Colorado Springs), May 5, 2006 by DENNIS HUSPENI THE GAZETTE
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.
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.
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Missing case 'suspicious'/ Police still search for Broadmoor resident
by Barry Noreen
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.
"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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