BROOOMFIELD — A 26-year-old woman accused of trying to clean blood stains from the carpet after a deadly argument at her Broomfield home briefly appeared in court Thursday.
Carissa Koch, 26, faces charges of accessory to a crime and tampering with physical evidence. Her arraignment is scheduled for Dec. 12.
Koch is the wife of Matthew P. Burnett, 32, who has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of James Clifford Fernandez.
The body of Fernandez, 34, was found in a street in Westlake the morning of Aug. 17.
He died, according to an arrest affidavit, after an argument with Burnett at the couple’s home.
Burnett told police he dragged Fernandez into the street hoping a passerby would discover him. The argument apparently started because Burnett found Koch in a “compromising position” with Fernandez, according to an arrest affidavit.
