Less than a week after an 83-year-old woman was killed inside her home in the Denver metro area, investigators have arrested the man they believe is responsible.
Lakewood police were called to a home in the 300 block of S. Kendall Street on Dec. 6 after a family member went to check on their mother, later identified by officials as Elizabeth Johnson, and found her body inside the home. Authorities believed that what began as a burglary turned fatal and asked the nearby community to check their security cameras to help identify the suspect.
The Lakewood Police Department reported that the suspect broke through a window, and the home had been ransacked. They also found evidence that someone had started a fire…