Colorado state Sen. Janice Marchman on Thursday called for state investigators to review the death of a University of Colorado Boulder student.

In an email to Attorney General Phil Weiser, Marchman said the death of Megan Trussell and the following investigation by the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office raised several concerns.

“While I recognize that, as a legislator, I do not have oversight over locally elected officials such as sheriffs or coroners, I do believe the state has a responsibility to ensure that forensic standards, investigatory protocols, and access to state-level resources … are equitably applied,” Marchman wrote.

She wrote that she was concerned by the sheriff’s office’s delay in requesting help from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, several pieces of untested evide

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