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Gretchen Leanne Ryan, 55, of Arvada, Colorado, faces a second-degree murder charge after her teenage daughter, Grace Elizabeth Ryan, was found dead on March 9 at the family home — the result, prosecutors allege, of chronic alcohol consumption that the mother actively supplied, concealed, and continued even as the girl's health visibly collapsed.
Investigators found 173 empty bottles of vodka and other hard liquor hidden under the teen's bed and inside her bedroom closet.
The Charges and What Authorities Found The First Judicial District Attorney's Office announced the charges and outlined a pattern of behavior stretching back to at least September 2025.
Text messages between mother and daughter show the two discussed drinking and purchasing alcohol on a near-daily basis beginning that month.
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