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WE BEGIN WITH DEVELOPING NEWS
IN THE CASE OF HUMAN REMAINS
THAT WERE FOUND LAST WEEK IN
SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO.
TODAY POLICE SAID THE CASE IS
NOW A MURDER INVESTIGATION.
THEY DO HAVE A SUSPECT.
A MASSIVE MANHUNT IS UNDER WAY
NOW.
NEWS CRIME AND JUSTICE REPORTER
MATT JABALLAH NOW WITH THE VERY
LATEST.
HIS LEGAL NAME IS ANDRE JORDAN
BARROWS.
BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
SAID TODAY THAT MOST PEOPLE
JUST CALL HIM PSYCHO.
HE IS COMMONLY CALLED PSYCHO
AROUND RESTARUANTS.
AND WHILE NO EXPLANATION WAS
GIVEN FOR HIS NICKNAME, WE DO
KNOW THE 26 WHEELBARROWS HAS A
LENGTHY ARREST RECORD FOR
VARIOUS VIOLENT CRIMES OVER
THE PAST FEW YEARS.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT HE'S NOW ON
THE RUN WANTED IN CONNECTION
WITH THE DEATHS OF THREE
UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE WHOSE
REMAINS WERE FOUND LAST WEEK ON
TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES NOT
FAR FROM WHERE BARROWS IS FROM
IN THE REMOTE SAN LUIS VALLEY
ABOUT FOUR HOURS SOUTHWEST
OF DENVER, RREALLY HAVE AN
ACTIVE WARRANT FOR HOMICIDE FOR
MR. BURROWS.
AT TODAY'S VIRTUAL PRESS
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING
THE MANHUNT FOR BARROW'S POLICE
WOULD NOT SAY WHY OR AT WHAT
POINT BECAME THE FOCUS OF THEIR
INVESTIGATION.
THEY DID REVEAL THAT
THE ORIGINAL SEARCH WARRANTS AT
THE PROPERTIES HAD TO DO WITH
STOLEN EQUIPMENT AND STOLEN
VEHICLES.
OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T SEE CASES
LIKE THIS VERY OFTEN.
THEY ALSO ADDED MORE THAN ONCE.
BARROW SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
ARMED AND DANGEROUS AND THEY'RE
URGING ANYONE WHO SEIZED OR
KNOWS IF HIS WHEREABOUTS TO
CALL NINE ONE ONE.
IMMEDIATELY OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO
GET HIM OFF THE STREET.
HE IS A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC
RENOUX MATCH HADLOW NBCNEWS.
POLICE ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT
TODAY THAT AT THIS POINT THERE
DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY
CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE
REMAINS FOUND LAST WEEK AND
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SUSANNE
MOORE FEW.
THE MOTHER OF TWO WHO WAS
REPORTED MISSING SIX MONTHS AGO
IN CHAFEY COUNTY, THE U.S.
PASSED A GRIM MILESTONE TODAY
MORE THAN 250000 DEATHS DUE TO
COPE AT 19.
THAT'S MORE THAN A QUARTER
MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED
SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.
AND NATIONWIDE CASES ARE STILL
RISING EVERY DAY IN THE LAST
WEEK.
COLORADO HAS SEEN AN AVERAGE
OF MORE THAN 4000 CASES
OF COVERED 19 EVERY DAY.
THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT WE
SAW JUST TWO WEEKS DOUGCO.
THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENT SAYS COLORADO
HOSPITALS ARE FEELING
THE STRESS AND CBP SHARED AN
UPDATE THIS MORNING ON BOTH
THE STATE OF THE HOSPITALS AND
COLORADO'S EXPOSURE
NOTIFICATION.
HERE WITH MORE IS NBC EXCUSE ME
9NEWS REPORTER NOEL BRENNAN.
OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS
BEGINNING TO FEEL THE STRESS
PRESSURE MOUNTS IN COLORADO
HOSPITALS WITH A NEW PEAK IN
COVERED PATIENTS EACH DAY.
TODAY WE'RE AT OVER MORE THAN
FOURTEEN HUNDRED.
ON WEDNESDAY THE COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENT ASKED COLORADO TO
HELP RELIEVE PRESSURE.
WE NEED EVERYBODY TO ADD THEIR
PHONE TO THE FIGHT.
17 PERCENT OF COLORADANS HAVE
DOWNLOADED THE COLORADO
EXPOSURE NOTIFICATIONS APP.
STUDIES SHOW THAT IF JUST 15
PERCENT OF ANY COMMUNITY CAN
ENABLE EXPOSURE NOTIFICATIONS,
INFECTIONS CAN BE REDUCED BY UP
TO EIGHT PERCENT AND FATALITIES
BY UP TO SIX PERCENT.
AS THE APP ROLLED OUT, CPAC
ADMITS IT HAD TROUBLE KEEPING
UP.
AS CASES INCREASED WE COULDN'T
GET THOSE CODES OUT FAST
ENOUGH.
PEOPLE WHO TEST POSITIVE FOR
COVID 19 NEED TO ENTER A
CODE IN THE APP SO IT CAN
NOTIFY OTHERS.
THE STATE HOPED TO RELY ON
LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO
SEND CODES BUT THEY COULD ONLY
HANDLE 20 TO 40 A DAY.
WE'VE MADE HUGE PROCESS
IMPROVEMENTS.
NOW ANYONE WHO TESTS POSITIVE
GETS A TEXT WITH CODE .
WE ARE NOW ISSUING BETWEEN
THREE AND FIVE THOUSAND EACH
DAY ONE TOOL TO HELP RELIEVE
MOUNTING PRESSURE.
PEOPLE SHOULD BE GETTING
NOTIFICATIONS MUCH, MUCH, MUCH
MORE QUICKLY.
NOEL BRENNAN 9NEWS CVP.
HE SAYS IT SENDS CODES TO
ANYONE WHO TESTS POSITIVE EVEN
IF THEY'VE NOT ENABLED THE APP.
ABOUT TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND
CODES HAVE BEEN SET OUT AND
ABOUT THIRTY FOUR HUNDRED
PEOPLE HAVE ENTERED THOSE INTO
THE APP.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO
ENABLE OR DOWNLOAD THE APP YOU
CAN GO TO NINE NEWS.COM.
AND NOW MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COPD 19 AND THAT
INCLUDES COLORADO REPUBLICAN
DOUG LAMBORN.
HIS OFFICE SAID TODAY HE IS
EXPERIENCING MILD SYMPTOMS AND
IS ISOLATING AT HIS HOME IN
COLORADO SPRINGS.
COLORADO DEMOCRAT ED PERLMUTTER
ANNOUNCED LATE LAST NIGHT THAT
HE TOO TESTED POSITIVE FOR
COVID 19 BUT HE SAYS HE'S
ASYMPTOMATIC.
IS ISOLATING AS WELL IN
WASHINGTON, D.C..
SEVERAL OTHER LAWMAKERS
THE U.S. CAPITAL HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE JUST OVER THE LAST FEW
DAYS, INCLUDING THE LONGEST
SERVING REPUBLICAN IOWA SENATOR
CHUCK GRASSLEY.
AND JUST IN THE LAST HALF HOUR
WE HAVE LEARNED OF YET ANOTHER
DPW LEADER LEAVING THE DISTRICT
THE DISTRICT'S DEPUTY
SUPERINTENDENT OF OPERATION
MARK FIORENTINO IS LEAVING DPF
FOR A STATE JOB.
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ANNOUNCED
THIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
THIRD DANILL WILL BECOME
THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.
THIS COMES LESS THAN A WEEK
AFTER SUPERINTENDENT SUSANA
CORDOVA ANNOUNCED HER DEPARTURE
FOR A JOB IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
AT THE SAME TIME CPS IS TRYING
TO FIGURE HOW TO TEACH STUDENTS
DURING THE PANDEMIC THEIR
ENDINO YOU MAY REMEMBER WAS
THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IN
THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE.
AN UPDATE ON ALL OF THIS COMING
UP AT FOUR 30.
THAT NEGATIVE TEST TODAY DOES
NOT MEAN YOU'RE GONNA BE
NEGATIVE TOMORROW OR THE NEXT
DAY AND CERTAINLY NOT BY
THANKSGIVING.
AND THAT IS THE NATION'S
TESTING CZAR, ADMIRAL BRAD
TRUTA SAYS JARRAR ON MSNBC
TODAY ASKING PEOPLE TO AVOID
GATHERING FOR THANKSGIVING.
THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR
THE COUNTRY'S COLLEGE STUDENTS
WHO ARE LIVING AWAY FROM HOME
AS 9NEWS REPORTER NELSON GARCIA
SHOWS THE REQUEST TO NOT TRAVEL
MAY CONTRIBUTE TO AN INCREASING
PROBLEM AT UNIVERSITIES AROUND
OUR STATE.
USUALLY THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS
HAPPENING ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS
BUT THIS YEAR THE THRONGS
OF STUDENTS, THE INTERMINGLING
OF MINDS ARE REPLACED BY AN
EMPTINESS OUTSIDE AND INSIDE.
ACCORDING TO SIU DENVER
ASSISTANT VICE CHANCELLOR
KRISTIN KHUSH MITER.
I WOULD SAY IT'S MY JOB TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT OUR
STUDENTS ON THEIR JOURNEYS TO
MENTAL, SHE SAYS.
LAST YEAR SHE DID A HEALTH
ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS TO SEE
WHAT'S HAPPENING ON HER COLLEGE
CAMPUS.
AND IT SHOWED THAT 61 PERCENT
OF STUDENTS FELT LONELY OR
ISOLATED THIS YEAR WITH A
PANDEMIC KUSH BIDAR SAYS.
ONE NATIONAL SURVEY SHOWS THAT
NUMBER INCREASING TO 80
PERCENT.
WHAT CONCERNS ME THE MOST ABOUT
OUR STUDENTS EXPERIENCING
LONELINESS AND ISOLATION IS
THAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY
LEAD TO OTHER MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES THAT ARE MORE
SIGNIFICANT.
ONE THING THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED
TO BE HAPPENING ON CAMPUS
THANKSGIVING BUT STUDENTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE BEING
ASKED NOT TO TRAVEL HOME DUE TO
THE INCREASING SPREAD OF COVA
19.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S
GOING TO AFFECT ALL OF US NOT
HAVING THE ABILITY TO BE WITH
OUR FAMILIES OVER THE HOLIDAYS,
PARTICULARLY FOR STUDENTS WHO
ARE STAYING ON CAMPUS.
SO YOU DENVERS IS MAKING SURE
PROGRAMS CONTINUE OVER BREAK TO
HELP STUDENTS STAY CONNECTED
AND KHUSH MINER SAYS.
THE UNIVERSITY HAS PARTNERED
WITH A NEW APP CALLED NOT TO
CHALLENGE STUDENTS TO FIND WAYS
TO BE SOCIAL.
THAT APP WAS SPECIFICALLY
DESIGNED TO ADDRESS LONELINESS
AND ISOLATION FOR YOUNG ADULTS
AND COLLEGE STUDENTS ISSUES
THAT ARE OPPOSITE OF WHAT'S
USUALLY HAPPENING ON A COLLEGE
CAMPUS.
THE CONNECTION IS SO IMPORTANT
IN DENVER, NELSON GARCIA 9NEWS
AND KUSH WRITER SAYS THAT
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