BROOMFIELD, Colo.—Court records show that a 13-year-old girl found dead in Broomfield was listed as a witness in a case against the teen suspected of killing her.
Kelsey Shannon disappeared Oct. 14, and her body was found about a half-mile from her home Jan. 21.
Eighteen-year-old Alexander Pacheco was being held without bond Saturday and faces charges of first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse, and child abuse resulting in death.
Court records show Pacheco was charged with theft by receiving after a teen reported his bike stolen in September and that Kelsey was a prosecution witness in the case.
Pacheco pleaded not guilty Oct. 22, eight days after Kelsey disappeared.
Pacheco’s aunt Peggy Vigliotti says Pacheco is a “good boy.”
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Information from: The Denver Post,
