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Cause and manner of death for woman killed in Blue River in July released by Summit County coroner

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A home on Aspen Meadows Circle in Blue River, surrounded by a perimeter of tape reading "police line do not cross," is pictured on Wednesday, July 9. Authorities Daniel DeVito outside the home July 7.
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The woman killed July 7 in Blue River died from a “gunshot wound of the head,” according to an autopsy report.

Jordan LaBarre, a Breckenridge resident who worked at Ollie’s Pub & Grub, died at the Blue River home of Daniel J. DeVito, 46, who was arrested July 7 and later charged with first-degree murder.

The full autopsy report obtained by Summit Daily News labels LaBarre’s manner of death as a homicide. It lists nothing under its “evidence of injury” section other than “gunshot wound of the head.” 



Authorities arrested DeVito at his home July 7 after responding to reports of shots fired in the area. When responders arrived, they heard “active gunfire coming from inside the home,” according to a July 9 news release from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

DeVito complied with orders to exit his home, and officers arrested him and entered the building. District Attorney Heidi McCollum, the top prosecutor for the 5th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, said at a July 10 court hearing that authorities found LaBarre in the bathroom.



An arrest affidavit about another case against DeVito describes an alleged July 4 assault against a different woman. That document states the woman claimed DeVito, after forcing her into a bathroom in his home, stood outside the door and told her if she came out, he would “blow her head off.”

Other records requests filed by Summit Daily News have been initially refused due to the ongoing investigation.

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