The Colorado murder of Tom Clements and the pizza delivery man is getting curiouser and curiouser.

The (now dead) man in question, Evan Ebel is a white supremacist parolee, and his father is a close friend of Governor Hickenlooper.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said Friday he is close friends with the father of the white supremacist who is the focus of the investigation into the killing of one of his cabinet members and of a pizza delivery man.

But the governor vehemently denied he had anything to do with the release of parolee Evan Ebel from prison earlier this year. Ebel was killed Thursday after a chase and shootout with Texas authorities.

Ebel’s father, Jack, is an attorney who lives in Boulder. Hickenlooper said he has known Jack Ebel for years. They worked together at an oil company when Hickenlooper was a geologist and they have stayed close. He also said he knew that Ebel’s son was in prison and that the family had been upset that he had spent a large amount of time in solitary confinement.

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