DENVER – A first-degree murder charge has been filed against Jose Antonio Cardoza-Soria in the death of his 3-month-old daughter.
The charges allege that Cardoza-Soria, 25, was caring for his daughter Jan. 16 and caused the injuries that led to her death. The baby wasn’t breathing when a grandparent found her, authorities said.
She was taken to an area hospital where she died a short time later. In addition to the murder charge, Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey charged Cardoza-Soria with child abuse resulting in death.
MORE BRIEFS
WINTER PARK
Taxing district would Lawmakers are proposing a special taxing district that would help people deal with the threat of future forest fires by providing money to remove trees.
The Forest Improvement Special Districts bill, introduced last week by Rep. Al White, R-Winter Park, seeks to provide a financial boost for people to cut back the forest around their homes.
If the bill passes the General Assembly, people would have to vote to set up the district, which would have a board of directors and taxing authority. The bill also seeks to help firms set up wood-products industries to handle felled trees and to provide matching money for federal and state grants to convert furnaces for bioheating.
COLORADO SPRINGS
Second victim ID’d in apartment blaze
The second victim in the Castle West apartment fire has been identified as 32-year-old Clemente Perez Salgado of Colorado Springs.
Salgado’s body was found on the north end of the 135-unit apartment building, authorities said.
Salgado and Joe Santoyo, 52, of Arizona, both died of smoke inhalation in the fire that started Jan. 16.
Two cousins, Gene Johnson, 36, and Derrick Johnson, 23, have been arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and arson, police said.
PARKER
Students grieve for meningitis victim
Students at Legacy Point Elementary School in Parker were grieving Tuesday over the death of a second-grade student, who died unexpectedly over the weekend after showing symptoms of viral meningitis.
Late Monday afternoon, the Tri-County Health Department determined that “all evidence shows the student had symptoms of viral meningitis.”
Tri-County Health Department officials say they don’t expect a cluster of cases because it is very rare for the common viruses that cause meningitis to create serious illness.
Parents should watch for symptoms such as fever, stiff neck, severe headache, vomiting and sensitivity to light.
