Helene Pruszynski Homicide
Case Number : 1980
On January 17, 1980, 21-year-old Helene Pruszynki was found stabbed to death in a field near Daniels Park Road. She had been abducted near her bus stop in Englewood, Colorado the night prior and she had also been sexually assaulted. In 2019, James Curtis Clanton was arrested for Helene’s murder, and he was sentenced to life in prison in 2020.