Jefferson County Sheriff’s investigators have arrested three 18-year-old suspects from Arvada within the rock-throwing demise of 20-year-old Alexa Bartell.
The investigators made the arrests through the night time at Arvada houses and officers early Wednesday introduced they’d taken the three into custody. Officers recognized the suspects as Joseph Koenig, Nicholas “Mitch” Karol-Chik, and Zachary Kwak. In a information launch, officers mentioned the three will face fees of first-degree homicide with excessive indifference.
All three are suspected of throwing rocks, and extra fees are anticipated to be filed, pending determinations by the First Judicial District Lawyer’s Workplace, authorities mentioned.
A suspect automobile has been recognized — a black 2016 Chevy Silverado, authorities mentioned. It stays unclear who was driving throughout a rock-throwing spree final week, authorities mentioned.
Bartell was killed when a rock was thrown by means of her windshield as she was driving northbound within the 10600 block of Indiana Road at about 10:45 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19. Her yellow Chevy Spark was hit by “giant landscaping rocks,” authorities mentioned, in a spree that started shortly after 10 p.m. that night time in Westminster.
Jefferson County Sheriff’s investigators have been working with Westminster Police, Arvada Police, and the Boulder County Sheriff’s Workplace to establish and arrest the suspects. The investigators mentioned “cellular machine forensics” and data from the general public helped establish and discover the suspects.
Arrested had been Joseph Koenig, Nicholas “Mitch” Karol-Chik, and Zachary Kwak, all 18 years previous and all residents of Arvada. They presently face fees of First Diploma Homicide, Excessive Indifference. Extra fees are anticipated.
— Jeffco Sheriff (@jeffcosheriffco) April 26, 2023