Judge Dismisses Murder Case Against Jailed Man After Autopsy Determines Girlfriend’s True Cause of Death

A Colorado man who spent more than three weeks in jail on murder and other charges has been cleared after the El Paso County Coroner’s Office uncovered evidence that the girlfriend he was accused of strangling had actually hanged herself.

Miles Kirby, a 29-year-old from the City of Fountain, told investigators on July 27 that he’d found his girlfriend, Joslyn Teetzel, hanging from a beam in their backyard shed.

But they accused him of staging the scene, arrested him and charged him with a half-dozen crimes, including first-degree murder, tampering with human remains and destroying evidence, court records show.

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