After a weeklong trial, a Boulder County jury has found Jimmy West, 53, guilty of second-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old Zaria Hardee, whose body was found in the Goss Grove neighborhood in July 2024. He was found not guilty of related sex-trafficking charges.
West was sentenced to 96 years in the Department of Corrections, followed by five years of mandatory parole. He was arrested in connection with Hardee’s murder on Jan. 30 and pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The prosecution’s argument relied on physical evidence, witness statements and inconsistencies in West’s account…