Mother charged with concealing death of son who skipped court in assault case

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colo. — A Clear Creek County woman was arrested Friday, accused of concealing the death of her 43-year-old son, who failed to appear in court on charges related to a hit-and-run case that injured a law enforcement officer last year.

Phyllis Hull, 79, was arrested after Clear Creek County deputies, serving a failure to appear warrant, found the body of Aaron Family inside a home in the 400 block of Silver Lakes Drive in the Dumont area Friday evening, according to the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s office said Family appeared to have died days earlier from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His death may have occurred before his Jan. 21 court date, the sheriff’s office said…

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