Denver, CO- An associate professor at Regis University in Denver was taken into custody on suspicion of first-degree murder on Monday after authorities discovered their infant daughter dead and his wife critically injured at their Central Park residence.
According to court papers, Denver police suspect 44-year-old Nicholas Myklebust killed his wife, 44-year-old Seorin Kim. The infant’s cause of death remained unclear on Tuesday, but according to prosecutors, this is the second baby to pass away while under Myklebust’s care.
The first kid of the marriage passed away in 2021 from skull fractures. According to Matt Jablow, a spokesman for the Denver District Attorney’s Office, no charges have been brought in relation to the infant’s passing.
According to the Denver Police Department and an arrest document, Myklebust contacted 911 just before 7 a.m. on Monday from his residence in the 3200 block of North Syracuse Street, reporting that he had found his wife on the ground with blood streaming from her head and their daughter unconscious.
Kim passed away in the hospital after being admitted. The infant girl passed away at the scene; her age was not disclosed.
Investigators discovered that Kim suffered head and facial blunt-force injuries that were not compatible with a fall. The affidavit states that the police discovered scratches on Myklebust’s chest and neck, as well as bruises and blood on his knuckles.
Their daughter appeared to be uninjured. According to police, the cause and manner of death for both victims will be determined by Denver’s Office of the Medical Examiner.
Prosecutors stated that in addition to gloves discovered in a dryer, they discovered a bloody glove in the home’s trash. Prosecutors claimed it looked like someone had attempted to wipe up blood and had changed the crime scene.
According to court documents, Myklebust, an associate professor of English at Regis, has never been charged with a crime in Colorado before the exception of a speeding conviction.
Myklebust is being held at the Downtown Detention Center on a $5 million bond, under suspicion of one count of first-degree murder. He was in court on Tuesday, and he has another hearing this Friday.
Source: The Denver Post