The Denver Post13%
Human remains found in dumpster, Commerce City police investigating 15%
By Jessica Alvarado Gamez9%
7/23/2026, 2:06:36 PM
Topics: Death Investigations, Crime
Keywords: Commerce City, Police, Detectives, Human Remains, Death, Dumpster, Colorado, Investigation
BS Summary: This article contains 6 faulty reasoning types, including Representativeness Heuristic, Status Quo Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 27.5% saturation with 38 hits. Analysis detected 115 faulty-reasoning hits from 138 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 30.9% and a BS Rank of 15% (18,756 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 85.70% of the article peer group.
Commerce City police detectives are investigating after what appeared to be human remains were found in a dumpster in the 7000 block of 88th Avenue.
Joanna Small, the police department’s public information officer, told the Post Thursday morning that there are no new updates as the investigation remains ongoing.
Small said a flea market employee discovered the remains on Tuesday, prompting officers to immediately search all of the dumpsters at the site.
The remains were “pretty significantly decomposed” when they were found.
The police department said in a social media post Tuesday afternoon that an update will be posted as more information about the investigation becomes available.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
17.4%Status Quo Bias
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Optimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Personal Incredulity
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Genetic Fallacy
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
27.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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138 words analyzed.
Analysis
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