Elaine Marie Sindlesecker, 39, was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound inside a home on the 5300 block of Broadmoor Bluffs Drive in Colorado Springs after a 7:40 p.m. call reporting a shooting on June 28, 2024. Her death was ruled a homicide and classified as the 20th such investigation in the city that year. Detectives from the Homicide/Assault Unit opened an immediate investigation.

Investigators focused on a single suspect, identified as Elaine’s 41-year-old husband, Warren Sindlesecker. He was taken into custody and booked into the El Paso County Jail on a charge of first-degree murder. The investigation remains ongoing as authorities continue to piece together the events that led to the fatal shooting.

If anyone knew Elaine, the household on Broadmoor Bluffs Drive, or has information about what happened that evening, please come forward to assist the investigation.