GUILTY CO - Reginald Maclaren, 81 - Accused of Two (2) Axe MurderS - Englewood, Arapahoe County - 25 March 2023

[Richrd]

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Englewood (CO) Police :: GRAPHIC Text

https://twitter.com/x/status/1640814069992005632

Canon City Daily Record:

Englewood man, 81, confesses to killing wife and daughter with ax, police say

An 81-year-old Englewood man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife and daughter with an ax after he called police and reported they had been murdered, police said.

www.canoncitydailyrecord.com

Paraphrasing:
Defendant feared Wife and Daughter would experience Homelessness...

Decedents:
Bethany Maclaren, 70
Ruth Jennifer Maclaren, 35

Nationwide Crisis Telephone Line:
9-8-8

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[Niner]

I looked in the court site - and he not there yet. I shall keep an eye since they say a hearing this week.

 

[Niner]

here's a few more articles

March 29, 2023

Englewood man accused of killing and dismembering family: "one of the most gruesome crime scenes they've ever been a part of"

During the course of the investigation, detectives determined the victims were both killed with an axe and one of them was dismembered with a saw.

www.cbsnews.com

March 28, 2023

Englewood man, 81, confesses to killing wife and daughter with ax, police say

An 81-year-old Englewood man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife and daughter with an ax after he called police and reported they had been murdered, police said.

www.lamarledger.com

Held without bond.


March 29, 2023

81-year-old Englewood man arrested in the ax killings of his wife, daughter

Police say Reginald Maclaren told them he killed his wife and daughter because they had lost their apartment and had no other place to live.

coloradosun.com

 

[Niner]

@Richrd - do you have a link to the arrest affidavit? TIA!

 

[NervousNellie]

@Richrd - do you have a link to the arrest affidavit? TIA!

Niner, it looks like from the LE notice in post #1 that the arrest affidavit can be requested from the Court Executive, so I don't think there is a link to it. IMO

 

[Niner]

Niner, it looks like from the LE notice in post #1 that the arrest affidavit can be requested from the Court Executive, so I don't think there is a link to it. IMO

Ah - okay! Thanks!

 

[Richrd]

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3 April Court Date*

Englewood (CO) Police :: GRAPHIC Text

https://twitter.com/x/status/1640814069992005632

Canon City Daily Record:

Englewood man, 81, confesses to killing wife and daughter with ax, police say

An 81-year-old Englewood man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife and daughter with an ax after he called police and reported they had been murdered, police said.

www.canoncitydailyrecord.com

Paraphrasing:
Defendant feared Wife and Daughter would experience Homelessness...

Decedents:
Bethany Maclaren, 70
Ruth Jennifer Maclaren, 35

Nationwide Crisis Telephone Line:
9-8-8

*Charges and Bonds | Arapahoe County, CO - Official Website

Reginald Maclaren (J01427038) Total Bond: $0 Booking: 2023-00003126

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Charge	Offense		Bond/ Bond Type	Docket/ Disposition	Court Date/ Location
MURDER IN THE 1ST DEGREE - WILLFUL KILL - FAMILY - WEAPON	FELONY 1		D0032023CR000721	04/03/2023 10:30 AM DIVISION 201

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Reginald Livingstone Maclaren, 81:

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Personal Profile for Reginald L Maclaren from Littleton, CO addresses, phone numbers, emails

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[realanastasia]

Sigh, another family annihilator. The only surprises here are the choice of weapon and the age of the perpetrator—the daughter was just 35 and the wife was 70, so he must’ve been a pretty fit 81-year old to attack and kill them both with apparently little resistance.

Having read more, I’m even more horrified that he subsequently dismembered the bodies of his wife and daughter with a saw, placed the body parts in NEW trashcans (purchased for this specific reason, along with the axe and saw) AND then he called the cops to try to make it seem like they’d been victims of an unknown assailant.

He seems to have had little concern for himself about the “miserable” life that he’d face when evicted from their home, but thought the prospect of his wife and daughter being homeless was awful enough to warrant brutally murdering and dismembering them?! I, for one, am not buying his story. I think he wanted them out of his life for selfish reasons, not to spare them the “indignity“ of being homeless.

Also, was he the only working person in the home? No Social Security or disability income? Just seems a pretty drastic thing to go from being fired from his job to “better kill my wife and daughter” (unless the women assumed the family had savings which RM had squandered, or perhaps they had been told that RM earned more income than he actually did?).

 

[realanastasia]

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[Niner]

Monday, April 3rd:
*Return Filing of Charges Hearing (@ 10:30am MT) - CO - Bethany Maclaren (70) wife & Ruth Jennifer Maclaren (35) daughter found after 911 call by Maclaren in living room with substantial injuries & no signs of life, Mar. 25, 2023 Englewood. *Reginald Livingstone Maclaren (81) arrested (3/25/23) with 2 counts of 1st degree murder willful/family/weapon. Held without bond. Confessed to detectives.
Maclaren called police just after 6 p.m. Saturday (3/24/23) to report his wife & adult daughter had been murdered, according to a police press release. He said he believed he knew the suspect & that they had used a hammer. Officers responded to Maclaren’s apartment, where they found two victims in large trash cans in the living room & kitchen area. Both victims had substantial injuries & showed no signs of life. The victims were identified in an arrest affidavit as 70-year-old Bethany Maclaren & 35-year-old Ruth Jennifer Maclaren. Police say investigators determined both victims were killed with an ax & one of them was dismembered with a saw. Detectives established probable cause to arrest Maclaren on first-degree murder charges. Div. Chief of Investigations for Englewood PD Tracy Jones said the 81-year-old eventually confessed after speaking with detectives. Maclaren told detectives he killed his family because he lost his job, had no money left for rent & did not want them to be homeless, according to the arrest affidavit. Maclaren will have an advisement court hearing this week in the Arapahoe County District Court.
3/20/23 Update: Return filing of charges hearing on 4/3/23.

 

[Richrd]

19 July Court Date*

Englewood (CO) Police :: GRAPHIC Text

Canon City Daily Record:

Englewood man, 81, suspected of killing wife, daughter with an ax​

An 81-year-old Englewood man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife and daughter with an ax after he called police and reported they had been murdered, police said.

www.canoncitydailyrecord.com
Paraphrasing:
Defendant feared Wife and Daughter would experience Homelessness...

Decedents:
Bethany Maclaren, 70
Ruth Jennifer Maclaren, 35

Nationwide Crisis Telephone Line:
9-8-8
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*Charges and Bonds | Arapahoe County, CO - Official Website

Reginald Maclaren (J01427038) Total Bond: $0 Booking: 2023-00003126

Charge	Offense		Bond/ Bond Type	Docket/ Disposition	Court Date/ Location
MURDER IN THE 1ST DEGREE - WILLFUL KILL - FAMILY - WEAPON	FELONY 1		D0032023CR000721	07/19/2023 1:30 PM DIVISION 201

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[LadyL]

sounds like mental health issues
sad that he was still working at 81 ... and apparently had been fired
I guess the daughter and mother were not working - maybe not able to
what a tragic end

 

[Niner]

19 July Court Date*

*Charges and Bonds | Arapahoe County, CO - Official Website

Reginald Maclaren (J01427038) Total Bond: $0 Booking: 2023-00003126

Charge	Offense		Bond/ Bond Type	Docket/ Disposition	Court Date/ Location
MURDER IN THE 1ST DEGREE - WILLFUL KILL - FAMILY - WEAPON	FELONY 1		D0032023CR000721	07/19/2023 1:30 PM DIVISION 201

Reginald Livingstone Maclaren, 81:

Reginald Maclaren — OfficialUSA.com Records​

Personal Profiles for Reginald L Maclaren from Littleton, CO and Reginald Livingstone Maclaren from Englewood, CO, addresses, phone numbers, emails
www.officialusa.com

On the link to Charges & Bonds - it is not coming up for me. So he is being held without bond - did he plead not guilty at his hearing yesterday? I am just coming up with articles from 6 days ago.

I do see he has a preliminary hearing set - so he must have plead not guilty -?

TIA!

 

[Niner]

Reginald MacLaren charged with 2 counts of murder in deaths of wife and daughter

Reginald MacLaren has been charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of his wife and daughter.

www.cbsnews.com

Apr. 3, 2023
Reginald MacLaren has been charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of his wife and daughter. Bethany MacLaren, 70, and her daughter, Ruth MacLaren, 35, were found dead on March 25 in the family's home, an Englewood apartment.

MacLaren, 81, was also charged with tampering with evidence and false reporting after calling police to say the women had been murdered and he believed he knew who killed them.

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, July 19th:
*Preliminary Hearing (@ 1:30pm MT) - CO - Bethany Maclaren (70) wife & Ruth Jennifer Maclaren (35) daughter found after 911 call by Maclaren in living room with substantial injuries & no signs of life, Mar. 25, 2023 Englewood. *Reginald Livingstone Maclaren (81/now 82) arrested (3/25/23) & charged (4/3/23) with 2 counts of 1st degree murder willful/family/ weapon, tampering with evidence & false reporter. Held without bond. Confessed to detectives.
Case info from 3/20/23 reference post #10 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...glewood-arapahoe-county-25-march-2023.672086/
3/20/23 Update: Return filing of charges hearing on 4/3/23. 4/3/23 Update: MacLaren has been charged with two counts of murder & also charged with tampering with evidence & false reporting after calling police to say the women had been murdered & he believed he knew who killed them. Unknown how he plead. Next preliminary hearing on 7/19/23. The autopsy report stated Ruth Maclaren died of 23 chop wounds & her mother Bethany died from six chop wounds.

 

[Niner]

Not finding any articles on this case. Guessing Judge found probable case - arraignment hearing is next.


Date Len Appearance Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
9/5/23
10:30 AM 1Hr IN PERSON MACLAREN, REGINALD Arraignment D32023CR721 Arapahoe County Div. 201

link: Colorado Judicial Branch - Court Docket Search

 

[Niner]

Hearing undermines motive claimed by ax-murder suspect: Reginald Maclaren told police he feared homelessness for family, but circumstances don't match

Reginald Maclaren allegedly told police he annihilated his family due to fear of homelessness, but documents presented in court don't fit that narrative.

englewoodherald.net

July 19, 2023

When Reginald Maclaren allegedly confessed to the March 25 ax murders of his wife and daughter in their Englewood apartment, police body camera footage shows him saying he killed the two women because the family was facing financial issues and he didn’t want them to “end up on the streets begging for food.”

But documents presented by the defense in his preliminary hearing Wednesday undermine that assertion for a motive, showing that the family had paid their rent for March; they had placed a deposit on a new apartment; Maclaren had recently purchased a car; and his wife had between $80,000 and $90,000 in savings.

The body camera footage also shows Maclaren saying his daughter had cerebral palsy, and an autopsy report stated his daughter died from 23 "chop wounds."
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At Wednesday's hearing, his bond was set at $2 million cash or surety, and his arraignment was set for Sept. 5.

During the hearing, the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office presented evidence to convince Arapahoe County Chief Judge Michelle Amico to go forward with the charges against Maclaren.

Attorneys from the DA’s office played the 911 call Maclaren made to law enforcement where he initially claimed he found his wife and daughter murdered in their apartment on March 25 and, when asked by the 911 operator, alleged that nephews in his family potentially harmed the two women.

The prosecution also took testimony from Englewood Police Detectives Brian Taylor and Brant Vogle, who both recounted the steps they took to aqquire certain pieces of evidence in their investigation.



a lot more in article.

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, Sept. 5th:
*Arraignment Hearing (@ 10:30am MT) - CO - Bethany Maclaren (70) wife & Ruth Jennifer Maclaren (35) daughter found after 911 call by Maclaren in living room with substantial injuries & no signs of life, Mar. 25, 2023 Englewood. *Reginald Livingstone Maclaren (81/now 82) arrested (3/25/23) & charged (4/3/23) with 2 counts of 1st degree murder willful/family/ weapon, tampering with evidence & false reporter. Held without bond. Bond set (7/19/23) at $2M Cash or Surety. Confessed to detectives.
Case info from 3/20/23 reference post #10 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...glewood-arapahoe-county-25-march-2023.672086/
3/20/23 Update: Return filing of charges hearing on 4/3/23. 4/3/23 Update: MacLaren has been charged with two counts of murder & also charged with tampering with evidence & false reporting after calling police to say the women had been murdered & he believed he knew who killed them. Unknown how he plead. Next preliminary hearing on 7/19/23. The autopsy report stated Ruth Maclaren died of 23 chop wounds & her mother Bethany died from six chop wounds.
7/19/23 Update: When Maclaren allegedly confessed to the March 25 ax murders of his wife & daughter in their Englewood apartment, police body camera footage shows him saying he killed the two women because the family was facing financial issues & he didn’t want them to “end up on the streets begging for food.” But documents presented by the defense in his preliminary hearing Wednesday undermine that assertion for a motive, showing that the family had paid their rent for March; they had placed a deposit on a new apartment; Maclaren had recently purchased a car; and his wife had between $80,000 & $90,000 in savings. At Wednesday's hearing, his bond was set at $2 million cash or surety. During the hearing, the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office presented evidence to convince Arapahoe County Chief Judge Michelle Amico to go forward with the charges against Maclaren. Attorneys from the DA’s office played the 911 call Maclaren made to law enforcement where he initially claimed he found his wife & daughter murdered in their apartment on March 25 and, when asked by the 911 operator, alleged that nephews in his family potentially harmed the two women. The prosecution also took testimony from Englewood Police Detectives Brian Taylor & Brant Vogle, who both recounted the steps they took to acquire certain pieces of evidence in their investigation. Probable cause found. Next arraignment hearing on 9/5/23 @ 10:30am.

 

[Niner]

Looks like his arraignment hearing was reset...


Date Len Appearance Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
11/7/23
10:30 AM 1Hr IN PERSON MACLAREN, REGINALD Arraignment D32023CR721 Arapahoe County Div. 201

link: Colorado Judicial Branch - Court Docket Search

 

[Niner]

Arraignment hearing was moved... again...

Date Len Appearance Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
12/12/23
10:30 AM 1Hr IN PERSON MACLAREN, REGINALD Arraignment D32023CR721 Arapahoe County Div. 201

link: Colorado Judicial Branch - Court Docket Search