DENVER — Despite a decrease in overall homicides across the state last year, domestic violence deaths increased by nearly a quarter in 2024, a comprehensive report released by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office revealed Tuesday.

The findings from the Colorado Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board show an even more alarming trend when it comes to these type of cases: All collateral domestic violence deaths last year were children between 3 months and 7 years old, with kids making up more than half of all collateral deaths over the past four years.

“Domestic violence is not only a crisis between partners—it’s tearing families apart and claiming young lives,” said Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who chairs the review board, in statement Tuesday. “We must do more to protect chi

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