Clarissa Claire Wilkens, 30, died from a gunshot wound to the back of her head in her Denver apartment in the early morning of January 21, 2018. The shooting occurred shortly after a birthday party she and her husband, Cain Wilkens, had hosted at their South Albion Street residence. Cain reported to the apartment manager that his wife had shot herself, but responding officers found factors inconsistent with a self-inflicted wound: no soot or stippling around the wound, no blood on Clarissa’s hands, signs of a struggle in the bedroom (broken picture frame, overturned furniture), and a Smith & Wesson 9-millimeter handgun with blood on it recovered from an unlocked safe in the room.

Cain Wilkens was arrested the day after Clarissa’s death and charged with first-degree murder. After a five-day trial in November 2018, a jury convicted him of second-degree murder and he was sentenced to 48 years in prison. In September 2022 an appeals court overturned that conviction on the grounds that the prosecutor’s closing argument included improper, prejudicial remarks that may have influenced the jury.

Who has information about Clarissa, the party that night, or events in the apartment that could help clarify what happened?