A 27-year-old girl was arrested Friday in reference to the stabbing dying of a 64-year-old man who was discovered lifeless in a Capitol Hill residence on Jan. 2.
Anissa Johnson was recognized as a suspect within the murder by surveillance movies and witness statements, in response to an arrest affidavit launched by the Denver Police Division on Monday.
Denver police acquired welfare calls on Jan. 1 and a pair of a few man who lived within the 1200 block of North Washington Road who had not been heard from for the final week, in response to the affidavit.
The person has not but been recognized by the Denver Workplace of the Medical Examiner.
The person’s physique was discovered with no seen trauma, and police initially investigated the dying as a drug overdose. An investigator from the Denver Workplace of the Medical Examiner later discovered a number of stab wounds on the physique, which began the murder investigation, in response to the affidavit. Investigators additionally discovered blood spatters and an overturned chair on the scene.
Neighbors informed police they heard a lady yelling and doorways slamming and noticed a lady strolling outdoors within the snow with no sneakers on Dec. 23, in response to the affidavit.
Surveillance video later confirmed the person and a lady, later recognized as Johnson, getting into the residence late on Dec. 23, and Johnson leaving simply after midnight carrying what gave the impression to be a knife and never carrying sneakers.
Johnson was recognized by legislation enforcement databases, together with Denver reserving pictures, and was positioned within the space of East 14th Avenue and North Ogden Road and arrested on Friday.
She is in custody on the Downtown Detention Heart on a $1 million money bail, in response to court docket information.
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