MEEKER I When the verdict was announced Friday night — after a six-member jury in Grand Junction deliberated for some three hours — Nick Theos was vindicated.
And happy.
“It felt damn good,” said the 88-year-old Meeker sheep rancher.
Theos was cleared of all claims in a wrongful death lawsuit, brought against him by the son of man who died of thallium poisoning 40 years ago.
“It was very gratifying to have a jury of…

