AURORA | The Arapahoe County coroner’s office said Tuesday a woman slain in an Aurora parking lot Sunday night was stabbed multiple times.
Chelsea Marie Yasser, 21, “sustained multiple sharp force injuries,” the coroner’s office said. Her death has been ruled a homicide.
According to Aurora police spokeswoman Crystal McCoy, police were called to the parking lot of the Burlington Coat Factory store at 1200 S. Abilene St. on Sunday night for a welfare check. They found a woman with a life-threatening stab wound in her neck.
The victim died shortly after being taken to a local hospital, and police are investigating the death as a homicide.
Aurora police said Monday morning that there is no suspect information at this time. The Major Crimes Unit is investigating the case. Police ask anyone with information about the incident to call Detective Tom Wleton at 303-739-6107 or the Metro Denver Crime Stoppers hotline at 720-913-7867. Callers may remain anonymous and are eligible for up to a $2,000 reward for information leading to a suspect’s arrest and conviction.
According to Yasser’s facebook profile, she was from Nevada and had recently lived in Arizona.