Sean May, '93, had left his desk at the district attorney's office and arrived at home—where he lived with his wife, then six months pregnant with their first child—when he was shot outside his house. May, of Denver, died later that day, August 27, at an area hospital. He was 37.
At press time, the Denver Police Department had not arrested any suspect and could not say whether the murder had anything to do with May's work. May had called a defense lawyer a short time before the murder, warning the other man that he might be in some danger.
May earned his law degree from the U. of Virginia in 1998 and joined the firm of Cooley & Godward in Denver. In 2001, however, he felt called to walk away from his lucrative job to be a prosecutor for the Adams County District Attorney's office. There he became a respected and successful prosecutor. In April, the man who often practiced opening statements before his dog received the Ed Towey Award for his outstanding service to victims of crime. Two months before his death, he had been named chief trial deputy, supervising 16 deputy district attorneys.
Survivors: his wife, Corin Flannigan; his parents, Bill and Pat; and a brother.
