BOULDER, Colo. — The man arrested in connection with the death of a 19-year-old woman whose body was found on a bike trailer was convicted Wednesday of second-degree murder.
On July 14, 2024, police received a call about an abandoned bike trailer on Goss Street near Canyon Boulevard and 18th Street. When detectives arrived, they found Zaria Hardee’s body wrapped in multiple layers on the trailer. Police believed her body had been on the trailer for several days and that she was unhoused and living on the streets of Boulder at the time of her death.
In January of this year, Boulder Police said they had arrested Jimmy West in connection with her death…