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Trace Evidence

053 - Colorado Triple Murder

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.74.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2018

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

On February 7th, 1999, in Westminster, Colorado, thirty-nine year old Paul Skiba brought his nine year old daughter, Sarah, to work at his moving company while covering a shift for an employee. They were met by Lorenzo Chivers, one of Paul's employees, to go out on a job. The three drove off in a moving truck and were never seen again.

Police initially believed the disappearance was related to a custody battle between Paul and his ex-wife, Michelle. Despite friends and family urging them to investigate, authorities delayed for days. Finally, when Paul's mother, and two friends found bullet holes, blood and hair at the company parking lot, Police launched an investigation.

No suspects were named, though many have made links between the triple murder and Paul's then girlfriend, Teresa Donovan. Paul was looking to split up and wanted Teresa out of his home by the very day he disappeared. Teresa's sister was living with Lorenzo and her brother, Tom, had a vendetta against Paul.Blood found at the scene belonged to Paul and Sarah, as well as hair and fragments of flesh. Police indicated that the quantity of blood signified fatal wounds. No trace of Lorenzo was ever found. Over the next nineteen years, many theories would rise to the surface including possible links to drug trafficking, insurance money or the Donovan family seeking revenge.

What happened to Paul, Sarah and Lorenzo and why has it remained unsolved for nearly twenty years? Join host Steven Pacheco as he explores this deeply baffling and disturbing case.

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0:00.0

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0:38.6

After a series of bad choices and struggles with the law,

0:42.6

39-year-old Paul Skiba had turned his life around.

0:47.4

He started his own moving business, purchased a home, and was working towards a better future.

0:54.4

His entire world revolved around his nine-year-old daughter, Sarah.

1:00.0

Paul and Sarah's mother had divorced when she was young,

1:03.5

and Paul had fought for our custody agreement,

1:06.3

which would give him as much time as possible to spend with Sarah.

1:10.9

Paul had an on-again, off-again relationship with Teresa Donovan,

1:15.8

and late in 1998 to resugate birth to a son.

1:20.8

While Paul took his role as a father seriously,

1:24.5

he questioned the child's paternity and had no intentions of staying in a relationship with Teresa.

1:31.8

In February of 1999, he told friends and family that he would be telling Teresa to move out,

1:38.5

and he'd be taking her to court to battle for custody of their son.

1:43.1

While Paul tried to schedule work around Sarah's visits,

1:46.8

one of his employees needed a day off to make funeral arrangements.

1:51.5

Paul decided that he'd bring Sarah to work with him that day to cover the shift,

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