A Colorado man who was taken into custody after he allegedly went on a violent crime spree that led to a police chase and ended in gunfire is now accused of murdering a pregnant woman, whose body was found in an abandoned vehicle a day after he was detained.
James “Jaime” Benavidez, 50, faces charges of first-degree murder, auto theft and unlawful termination of a pregnancy after 32-year-old Keeley Koff was found shot to death on Friday inside the car just a mile from her Brighton home.
Benavidez’s wild spree allegedly began a day earlier, when he is accused of attempting to rob a man of his vehicle at the Murphy Express gas station on Bromley Lane in Denver, the Brighton Police Department said in a press release on Monday.
The two struggled at the pumps and a single gunshot was fired. The driver sustained minor injuries and Benavidez then fled on a bicycle, authorities said…