Family still waiting for suspect's trial after death of 17-year-old in Aurora

A year and a half since prosecutors charged a former Greenwood Village police officer with murder, the family of the teen who died is still waiting for a trial.

They're frustrated with the delays while Adam Holen is out on a $50,000 cash or surety bond.

An arrest affidavit said Peyton Blitstein was shot at least four times during an exchange of gunfire with Holen on the night of Nov. 24, 2021 outside a home in southeast Aurora.

"You will be fine one minute and then you'll be emotional the next," Peyton's father Todd Blitstein said Sunday.
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[kennethrutledge]

Unbelievable!! I’m so sorry for the departure of your precious son !! You’ll be united with him again, the Lord keeps his treasures for us safe and sound till we’re reunited in his Kingdom!!!

[iMatti]

🤷‍♂️ ~ IDK, I’m leaning towards no prison time. Anyone who carries a ghost gun with an extended magazine seems like they’re up to no good, kind of like being involved with gangs or whatever. So even though based on what the news media has said I feel like the adult was wrong, that is if the news media is reporting correctly, if I’m on the jury I’m not gonna find him guilty of any big crimes if the person he killed has that ghost gun with an extended magazine.g