![]() While camping in August 1981, he strangled 17-year-old Tammy Sue Woodrum and was sentenced to 12 years for second degree murder. Groves began his criminal career as a pimp in the late '70s. Groshart committed a crime of violence against a member of our community and thanks to the Genetic Genealogy & Familial Match Searching grant, we hope we are able to provide some relief to the survivor. During a 9 month period from March 1979 to July 1988, Vincent Groves killed at least seven people in Denver, Colorado. ![]() “We will continue to pursue and bring to justice those who harm our community. “The arrest of Groshart demonstrates our commitment to victims of crime and that the Denver Police Department never forgets,” said Denver Chief of Police Ron Thomas. A direct DNA comparison identified Groshart as the suspect in the March 2004 sexual assault, police said. It wasn’t until years later, through Investigative Genetic Genealogy DNA research - a tool used by Denver’s Integrated Cold Case Project - that a possible connection to Groshart was established by investigators working the case.ĭetectives learned Groshart was living in Sedalia, Mo., and recently obtained DNA evidence that was compared against the DNA recovered in 2004. Police collected DNA evidence and investigated the case but were unable to identify a suspect at the time. On March, 2004, Denver police officers responded to a home on a report of a burglary and sexual assault.
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