Roybal-Smith denied bail in connection with Aurora double homicide

A man accused of fatally stabbing two men over 100 times in Aurora in late June was denied bail by an Adams County Judge Tuesday afternoon.

Ricky Roybal-Smith, 38, was arrested by Denver police in connection with a hit-and-run crash while under the influence of drugs on June 29. Investigators later named him the suspect in a pair of fatal stabbings that took place in Aurora earlier that morning.

The stabbings, which occurred within a half mile and one hour of each other in the early hours of June 29, claimed the lives of Jesse Schafer and Scott Davenport, Aurora Police Department Det. Thomas Starz testified while on the stand during Roybal-Smith’s preliminary hearing Tuesday…

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