Jury Finds Slain Man Victim of Cover-Up
A stockbroker who died of a gunshot wound was the victim of a police cover-up and did not commit suicide, jurors said, awarding the man’s grown children about $2.3 million in damages.
The federal court jury had heard almost nine days of testimony about the May 1984 death of Lawrence Ocrant, 52.
Ocrant’s children, Andrew Ocrant and Sara Stump, had filed the lawsuit against their stepmother, Sueanne Ocrant, police and the city of Greenwood Village. Sueanne Ocrant was not held liable because she has filed for bankruptcy.
There was no indication whether authorities might consider reopening the case. Calls to the Arapahoe County district attorney’s office Saturday were not returned.
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