BROOMFIELD — The man accused of killing 13-year-old Kelsey Shannon faces charges for sexual assaults he allegedly committed while an inmate at the Broomfield County jail, authorities said.
Alexander Paul Pacheco, 19, faces three felony charges of sexual assault and one charge of retaliating against a witness. Authorities say the assaults occurred June 12-19, and the retaliation charge stems from an incident July 15.
Pacheco is charged with first-degree murder, child abuse resulting in death and abuse of a corpse in the Shannon case. He pleaded not guilty.
Pacheco has been in the Broomfield County Jail since he was arrested Jan. 24.
He is accused of killing Shannon, a Westlake Middle School student who disappeared Oct. 14. Her body was found Jan. 21 in a drainage ditch not far from her family’s home.
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