2010 Denver Post Blog article on Larry Loucka

*** Note: Kirk Mitchell is/was the creator of The Denver Post Blog's Cold Case section. His blog articles are often scattered with factual errors and filled with spelling and grammar mistakes, and, unlike other blogs (but somewhat like regular newspaper articles), often did not cite or mention its sources. There are countless comments on the various blog posts pointing out how poorly written they are. Furthermore, very, very little of the information Mitchell provided can be found in other sources online, with at least some of it posed as interviews of involved parties conducted by Mitchell to use in his blog. Because of this, none of the aforementioned information is verifiable, often with only part of the remainder — i.e., the basic facts/premise of the case — being congruent with known facts from other sources. Why exclusive interviews such as the ones supposedly included in this DPB post would be included in a now-defunct blog but not in the actual newspaper is unknown to me, which further adds to my doubt regarding the authenticity and/or accuracy of the information presented.

For these reasons I am not using any of his information as a source; I am simply providing this a) to (superficially) cross-check information in other sources, and b) because I try to compile all online references to a crime in one place.

All of the above goes for all DPB Cold Case posts made by Kirk Mitchell that I — hesitantly — provide on my website. I will be unable to access any earlier editions of The Denver Post from before 1989 — i.e., the time range of the crimes I cover, as well as a span of time from long before Kirk Mitchell became employed by TDP — until January 2026 at the earliest.

This article was accessed from NewsBank. Also available through the Wayback Machine here.