A 16-year-old boy under investigation in the fatal stabbing of a man last month during an argument could face homicide charges, officials say.
The youth turned himself in to authorities May 30 after fleeing to Mexico following the stabbing of Juan Lera-Gonzales, 20, said Virginia Quiñones, spokeswoman for the Denver Police Department.
Authorities are not releasing the name of the suspect, she said.
The boy and Lera-Gonzales got into an argument in a parking lot at 1100 S. Quivas St. on May 20, Quiñones said.
Homicide detectives identified the boy as a suspect and learned that he left the country, she said.
The boy returned to Denver, and on May 30, he surrendered to police at the Denver Police Department Headquarters, Quiñones said.
Detectives jailed the suspect for investigation of first-degree murder and referred the case for possible prosecution to the Denver district attorney’s office.
Staff writer Kirk Mitchell can be reached at 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com.
