A Jefferson County jury on Thursday discovered a defendant responsible of first-degree homicide within the dying of an 81-year-old Lakewood man whose physique has by no means been discovered.
Ricardo Perez, 37, was additionally discovered responsible of physique tampering, making an attempt to affect an official and tampering with bodily proof in reference to the dying of Gail Wilson, the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office mentioned in a press launch.
On November 1, 2021, Wilson was reported lacking by relations. On the time of his disappearance, he was residing with an adopted daughter, Savannah Wilson, 26; her boyfriend, Perez; and a roommate, 22-year-old Jay Griffith.
Perez, Griffith and Savanah Wilson had been co-defendants within the case.
Lakewood Police Division investigators decided that Wilson was murdered on Oct. 31, 2021, and his physique was disposed of in metro space dumpsters, the district lawyer’s workplace mentioned. The physique was by no means discovered.
On Might 27, 2022, Griffith pleaded responsible to being an adjunct to a felony and concealing a dying. Savannah Wilson pleaded responsible to the identical expenses on November 3. Each might be sentenced on July 20.
Perez faces life in jail and he might be formally sentenced on Friday.
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