 The mother had asked the Castle Rock police to enforce the restraining order,
by finding and apprehending the father after he removed the children from her home and before the murders.Castle Rock police officers declined to do so, refusing even to contact the Denver Police Department after the mother notified them that the father had taken the children to an amusement park in that city.Castle Rock is located at (39.372212, −104.856090) at an elevation of 6,224 feet (1,897 m).