The Denver District Attorney’s office has formally charged 39-year-old Jamie Valdiviezo-Perea with shooting a man whose body was found in an alley on June 16 .
Valdiviezo-Perea’s charges include first-degree murder and two counts of menacing , according to a news release from the DA’s office.
The charges allege that early on the morning of June 16 , Valdiviezo-Perea shot and killed 27-year-old Juan Hernandez-Soto in an apartment on South Quivas Street after a dispute. The two menacing charges allege that Valdiviezo-Perea menaced two others while wrapping Hernandez-Soto’s body in a blanket before removing it from the apartment.
Valdiviezo-Perea is being held without bond at the Denver Detention Center and is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday .
