FREDERICK, Colo. — A trial date has been set for a 73-year-old Nebraska man accused of killing a young mother in Colorado in 2007, and the defense noted on Friday that disgraced Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) scientist Missy Woods was involved in the case.
Darrell Burklund, a former maintenance worker, in York, Nebraska, was arrested in March 2025. He is accused of killing 25-year-old Jessica Bejarano, and was booked in jail on a charge of second-degree murder.
This case started on April 6, 2007. That day, officers with the Frederick Police Department responded to a call along the 7900 block of Larkspur Circle. When they arrived at the home, they found Bejarano’s body in the bathroom. She had one stab wound to her chest, CBI said.
Her 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son were also in the home…