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Coroner identifies woman shot, killed in Denver apartment

The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner said the victim died of a shotgun wound in what is being considered a domestic violence incident.

DENVER —

The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner has identified the 22-year-old woman who was shot and killed inside a Lowry-area apartment more than two months ago. 

Shaina Castillo had been fatally shot by a shotgun, according to a news release the medical examiner distributed Wednesday afternoon. Her death has been classified as a homicide.  

Castillo’s body was found inside of an apartment in the 8000 block of East 12th Avenue the afternoon of Aug. 12 

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Credit: Courtesy Denver Police Department
Sean Landrock

Sean Landrock, 25, was arrested that same evening. He's since been charged with first-degree murder in what the Denver Police Department said had been investigated as a domestic violence incident. 

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According to the Denver Sheriff’s Department’s inmate log, Landrock is being held without bond at the Downtown Detention Center. He is slated to appear in court on Nov. 15. 

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