A man suspected in a fatal double stabbing on East Colfax Avenue in October was arrested in Missouri, according to the Aurora Police Department.
Deven Jay Dobbins, 30, was arrested on Oct. 28 in Brookfield, Missouri on suspicion of second-degree murder in the fatal stabbings of 58-year-old Otto Washington and 44-year-old Desmond Thomas.
The stabbing occurred in the 11200 and 11300 blocks of East Colfax Avenue at approximately 8 p.m. on Oct. 16 when people passing by told patrol officers there was a man lying in the street nearby.
Additional passersby told officers about the second victim, who was down the street. The victims, later identified as Washington and Thomas, were transported to the hospital, where they died from their injuries.
Detectives identified Dobbins as a suspect and obtained a nationwide warrant for his arrest, Aurora police said in a news release Tuesday.
The department’s fugitive unit found he was in Brookfield, Missouri and contacted local law enforcement for help with a search. The city of 4,000 people is approximately 110 miles northeast of Kansas City.
Brookfield police, Linn County deputies and Missouri state troopers searched for Dobbins, who was located and arrested on Oct. 28.
Dobbins was extradited to Colorado on Nov. 18 and booked into the Arapahoe County Jail on two counts of second-degree murder.
There are no additional suspects in the case, according to Aurora police.
Dobbins was previously arrested on suspicion of three counts of assault and child abuse in October 2022 and pleaded guilty to third-degree assault in Jefferson County District Court in August.
He was sentenced to 91 days in jail and received 91 days of credit for time served, according to court records.
Dobbins is also suspected of second-degree assault in an Oct. 5 incident, according to court records. A warrant for his arrest in that case was issued on Oct. 19.
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