AURORA | A Jefferson County inmate was charged with first-degree murder Thursday after police were tipped off to the existence of a dead body entombed in concrete in the crawl space of an Aurora woman’s condominium.
Haskel Leroy Crawford, 38, was being held in the Jefferson County Jail on $100,000 bond as of Thursday morning, facing homicide charges in an unrelated incident.
Police had previously announced the arrest of the condominium owner, Casie Bock, 29, who is suspected of being an accessory to homicide. She is being held without bond pending her first appearance in court, according to a news release.
The Aurora Police Department received a Crime Stoppers tip on Monday about a homicide that took place six to eight months ago inside of a condo in the 14600 block of E. Second Ave. Police were told the victim — a 36-year-old man, who had been missing since summer 2022 — was buried in the crawl space and covered in concrete.
Aurora police officers responded to the residence, and detectives from APD’s Major Crimes Homicide Unit later obtained a search warrant for the condo. There, they discovered a “clandestine grave” under the floor.
Detectives are working with outside contractors to recover the body. The excavation process is estimated to last through the end of the week, the release said.
The identity of the victim will be released by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office after identification contact of next of kin.
Anyone who has any information about this case, and who hasn’t already spoken with an investigator, is encouraged to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.
Thank you to the one who provided the information.
Also the man’s parents, relatives and loved ones deserve closure.
Hopefully the criminals responsible will be sento prison and unable to harm others.
At 29 this woman looks like she could be my grandmother, and I’m 30.
The perfect storm. These three tweekers had been stealing catalytic converters, and one goes crazy. And since a tweeker will steal your stuff and then help you look for it, the killer then helped the cops look for something he had stolen, a life.