Two Denver deputies suspended after jail inmate escaped by tricking staff

Inmate has not been found since escaping in late July 2020

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Katie Wood, The Denver Post
The Denver Justice Center is home to the the Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center, also known as the Denver Jail, and the Lindsey-Flanagan Courthouse in downtown Denver, pictured on March 9, 2016.
By Elise Schmelzer | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
August 9, 2021 at 2:43 p.m.

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Elise Schmelzer

Elise Schmelzer is the public safety reporter at The Denver Post and covers police, crime and criminal justice. She previously wrote for the Casper Star-Tribune in Wyoming, the Washington Post and the Colorado Springs Gazette. She studied journalism and Spanish literature at the University of Missouri. When she's not writing, she disappears into the mountains to hike and fish.