Arrest made in Colo. dragging death

[kurth]

Arrest made in Colo. dragging death
By KIM NGUYEN, Associated Press Writer

A man was arrested in the gruesome dragging death of a woman after a stained and tattered photograph of him was found at the crime scene, police said Wednesday. Jose Luis Rubi-Nava, 36, was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of murder and jailed without bail. Investigators said they were still trying to identify the victim, who was dragged behind a vehicle with a rope, leaving a trail of blood more than a mile long...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Carl Rusnok said agents believe Rubi-Nava is an illegal immigrant from Mexico.

Neighbors discovered the woman's body before dawn. Her face was unrecognizable and an orange tow rope was around her neck, said Nancy Foley, who lives nearby. An autopsy indicated the woman died of asphyxiation and head injuries from being dragged.

The trail of blood led from Interstate 25 to the woman's body, which was found on a street lined with large ranch-style homes on spacious lots. On Wednesday, highway crews were spreading fresh tar over the roads to cover the traces of blood.

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[acmejack]

1. Call me cynical, but it seems mighty damned fortuitous.

Kind of like Atta's passport fluttering to the ground unscathed...

God, what I'd give to be able to spell! Or even click the spell checker button.

[kilgore65]

2. Couldn't they have just used a water truck

to wash the blood off the road? Why cover it up with 'fresh tar'. That doesn't make any fuckin sense.

[lapfog_1]

3. That area of Denver (south Englewood) is very, very white

and we simply can't have anything that might disturb all those "beautiful minds" or offend the kiddies.

Reminds me of the Monsters Inc. scene when a scarer comes back with a sock on his back.

[Mike03]

4. Glad they caught him

And hope he's the killer. I just hope this didn't happen in the jurisdiction of Boulder and that it doesn't involve the BPD, home of the most incompetent homicide detectives in the known universe.