DENVER (KDVR) — A 27-year-old was arrested and accused of killing a 64-year-old man who was discovered useless in his house on Jan. 2.
Anissa Johnson was arrested on Jan. 5 and is being held on investigation of first-degree homicide. The sufferer has not been recognized.
Based on a possible trigger affidavit, police have been referred to as to an house within the 1200 block of Washington Road on Jan. 1 and Jan. 2 for a welfare verify as a result of folks had not been capable of get ahold of a person residing there since about Christmas.
On Jan. 1, officers responded to the house complicated however couldn’t get inside. Officers have been requested to conduct a verify on Jan. 2. Earlier than police carried out the second welfare verify, a constructing upkeep worker and one other individual entered the house after noticing a nasty scent. They discovered a person mendacity on the ground.
The 2 referred to as 911 and police responded to the house. The person was pronounced useless shortly after. Investigators discovered indicators of a battle within the house, in response to the affidavit.
It was decided within the post-mortem that the person suffered from a number of stab wounds to his again, in addition to a lower to his hand that was probably defensive.
Two neighbors advised investigators they heard a feminine yelling and doorways slamming from the person’s house, although each have been not sure precisely when the disturbance had been heard.
Based on the affidavit, investigators checked out surveillance footage and noticed the sufferer enter the complicated with an unknown feminine round 9:41 p.m. on Dec. 23.
Simply after midnight on Dec. 24, the feminine was seen leaving the constructing alone, carrying what seemed to be a knife, the affidavit mentioned.
Investigators reviewed a number of databases and situated a photograph of Johnson, “who had a really sturdy resemblance to the unknown feminine,” in response to the affidavit.
A girl, later recognized as Johnson, was situated and arrested on Jan. 5.
