LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A newly-released affidavit reveals chilling details of a Lakewood burglary turned homicide from earlier this month.
The suspect, 41-year-old Arthur Joseph Maestas IV, was arrested Thursday after allegedly breaking into the home of 83-year-old Elizabeth Johnson earlier this month, killing her, and attempting to set fire to the property.
Maestas is accused of burglarizing Johnson’s home in the 300 block of S. Kendall Street sometime on or shortly before the evening of Dec. 6. He then allegedly strangled her to death inside the home…