Man arrested in nearly 18-year-old Colorado cold case murder

DENVER ( KDVR ) — A suspect was arrested in connection to the murder of a woman in Colorado after an almost 18-year-old cold case .

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said Darrell Burklund, 72, was arrested on Friday in York, Nebraska in connection to the murder of 25-year-old mother, Jessica Bejarano.

The bureau said investigators obtained DNA evidence that led to a potential match to Burklund. After a follow-up interview on Friday, Burklund was arrested and taken into custody at the York County Sheriff’s Detention Center and faces a charge of second-degree murder.

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This comes in connection to an almost 18-year-old case that took place on April 6, 2007, when the bureau said police officers discovered the body of Bajarano in a bathroom of a home on the 7900 block of Larkspur Circle in Fredrick…

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