A woman is found murdered in her home In the quiet University Hills neighborhood of Denver, a native Denverite named Judith Katchen, a 78-year-old female, lived a life marked by her love for bridge and a sharp understanding of the stock market. She was a mother and grandmother, described as artistic and creative. Her life, however, came to a shocking and brutal end in August of 2015. On the evening of August 18th, family members grew concerned after being unable to reach her.
This led to a welfare check at her home on the 2500 block of South Dennison Court.
Responding Denver police officers made a grim discovery upon entering the residence. Judith Katchen was found deceased inside her home. The circumstances of her death were immediately suspicious, prompting a homicide investigation. The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner would later determine that she died from a combination of sharp and blunt-force injuries, confirming the violent nature of her death. The incident was described by police as isolated, but they did not publicly speculate on whether the attack was random or if Katchen knew her killer.
In the weeks and years that followed, the investigation into Judith Katchen's murder yielded no publicly named suspects and no arrests were made. The Denver Police Department appealed to the public for any information that might lead to a breakthrough in the case. Despite the efforts of investigators and the collection of evidence from the scene, the case eventually went cold. To this day, the murder of Judith Katchen remains an unsolved homicide, leaving her family and community without answers and a killer still at large.
