ASPEN — Pitkin County Sheriff Michael Buglione said Wednesday that he’s confident state investigators’ review of the 2005 death of journalist Hunter S. Thompson will confirm what his agency determined 20 years ago: that Thomspon fatally shot himself at his ranch near Aspen.

“The sheriff’s office has been confident over the last 20-plus years that the original investigation was exactly what happened,” Buglione told reporters in Aspen. “We’re still confident that is the case.”

The Colorado Sun first reported Tuesday that the Colorado Bureau of Investigation is conducting a case review of Thompson’s death at the request of his widow, Anita. Buglione said he started talking to Anita Thompson about the review in April and that CBI began its probe around August.

As for why Anita Thompson w

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