Man sentenced to 32 years prison for conspiracy to commit murder in Lone Tree cold case

Man sentenced to 32 years prison for conspiracy to commit murder in Lone Tree cold case

A 67-year-old Louisiana man was sentenced to 32 years in prison on Thursday for conspiracy to commit murder in connection with a Lone Tree man’s 1985 shooting death during a home invasion. Michael Shannel Jefferson was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and kidnapping in 2021, 36 years after the death of Lone Tree businessman Roger Dean, 51, on Nov. 21, 1985. Dean and his wife, D.J., were at home when an intruder broke in and forced Ro…

Man sentenced in 39-year-old Lone Tree murder case

A packed Douglas County courtroom was silent as a nearly four decade-long cold murder case came to a close on Thursday afternoon.