Denver police say they have enough evidence to charge a 46-year-old man with murder in the beating death 28 years ago of a 19-year-old woman in a church.
James Nathan Scott is being held on unrelated charges in the Denver City Jail, said Sonny Jackson, Denver police spokesman.
Police will soon present a case to the Denver district attorney’s office for formal charges, Jackson said today.
On Oct. 25, 1979, police found Martha Guzman lying on the floor of a church at 3401 Bryant St. after an assault report, Jackson said. She had been beaten.
Guzman was pronounced dead at Denver General Hospital on Nov. 1, 1979.
Detectives interviewed Scott at the time but did not arrest him.
On Sept. 4, 2006, Denver’s Cold Case Unit began reviewing the case, Jackson said, and “obtained sufficient information to pursue charges of murder against James Nathan Scott.”
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com
