DENVER (KDVR) — Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a burglary that turned deadly in Lakewood, according to a press release from the Lakewood Police Department.
On Dec. 6, around 7:10 p.m., police were called to a home in the 300 block of South Kendall Street after a family member went to check on their mother, identified as 83-year-old Elizabeth Johnson, and found her dead in her home.
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Investigators were quickly able to determine that the home had been burglarized due to broken windows, as well as the interior being “ransacked.” Other evidence suggested that a fire had been started inside the house.
On Wednesday afternoon, Lakewood police arrested a suspect, identified as 41-year-old Arthur Joseph Maestas IV, in connection with the deadly burglary. He faces charges, including:
- First-degree murder
- First-degree arson
- First-degree burglary
- Parole violation
Maestas is being held at the Jefferson County Jail…