Madeleine Furey-Livaudais biography: 10 things about Denver, Colorado writer

Madeleine Furey-Livaudais was an American woman from Colorado, United States. He was killed allegedly by Joseph Michael “Joe” Ervin of Aurora, Colorado.

On July 1, 1981, Ervin took his own life while incarcerated in the Adams County Detention Center in Brighton, Colorado. He was also accused of killing Dolores Barajas, Gwendolyn Harris and Antoinette Parks.

On January 28, 2022, the Denver Police Department publicly identified him as the killer of Furey-Livaudais, Barajas, Harris and Parks. Here are 10 more things about Furey-Livaudais:

1. She was born in Eustis, Florida, USA.
2. She attended Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales and Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
3. After graduating from Cardiff University, she went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA to look for a job. She landed a job writing for the children’s nature magazine Ranger Rick.
4. As a writer, she sometimes used Emily Marsden as her pen name.
5. To research her stories, she visited several countries including Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
6. She is the author of “The Skeleton Book,” a children’s science book.
7. She and her husband Antonio Livaudais married in Philadelphia.
8. She and Antonio have two daughters namely Molly Livaudais and Ariel Livaudais.
9. From Philadelphia, she, Antonio and their daughters moved to Denver, Colorado where he worked for the architectural office of Cabell Childress.
10. On December 7, 1978, she was fatally stabbed in her Denver residence by an unknown intruder. She was 33.

The loved ones of four women who were killed 40+ years ago have some closure today after Denver authorities identified a suspect in the cold case homicides.

The women are:
-Madeleine Furey-Livaudais
-Dolores Barajas
-Gwendolyn Harris
-Antoinette Parkshttps://t.co/e8p6T6Kxau pic.twitter.com/Wf531NlnJO

— Stephanie (Butzer) Rose (@stephaniebutzer) January 28, 2022