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LARIMER COUNTY – Investigators have arrested a man accused of killing a process server on Wednesday night and two children might have watched it happen.


The Larimer County Sheriff's Office says it happened just after 8 p.m. at a home on Glade Road near Orchard Drive just north of Highway 34. The victim, a man, was already dead when the deputies arrived.

Sheriff Jim Alderden says the scene was "very bloody."

"There's a lot of blood and they're not exactly sure what the cause of death is," he said.

Deputies say they arrested 45-year-old James Scott Whitler for killing the person who was serving divorce papers and a restraining order. The victim may have either been stabbed or beaten to death, according to investigators.

"Apparently what happened, you have a divorce situation where the lady showed up to have her husband served with divorce papers and a restraining order with a private process server," said Alderden.

A process server is a person who serves subpoenas and other court papers.

"Everything appeared to go well at the onset, but obviously we ended up with some sort of an altercation," said Alderden.

The wife has minor injuries and was taken, along with her father, to Larimer County Sheriff's Office to obtain their statements.

The spouse refused medical treatment, but two children who were in the home have been taken to the Medical Center of the Rockies.

Their conditions and injuries were not immediately released.

Alderden says Whitler will face charges of first-degree murder.



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