FREDERICK, Colo. — A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a young mother in Colorado nearly 18 years ago, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday.
Darrell Burklund, 72, a former maintenance worker, was arrested on March 14 in York, Nebraska, in connection with the murder of 25-year-old mother Jessica Bejarano, CBI said. He has been booked on a single count of second-degree murder.
Bejarano was killed on April 6, 2007. According to CBI, Frederick police officers responded to a call at a home in the 7900 block of Larkspur Circle, where they found Bajarano’s body in the bathroom. She had suffered a single stab wound to her chest.
CBI said at the time she was killed, Bejarano’s 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son were present in the home. According to CBI, investigators initially looked at a number of suspects, including the victim’s husband, who was later cleared after investigators determined he was at work at the time of the crime…