The last of four people convicted in the 2011 slaying of a man whose body was found dumped on Lookout Mountain was sentenced Friday to life in prison.
30, who fled to El Salvador after the killing, was also sentenced to serve an additional 24 years after his life sentence.
Rivera-Gracias was added to the in 2013 weeks before he was returned to the U.S. and arrested by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and federal agents. The FBI offered a $100,000 reward for his arrest.
Officials said Rivera-Gracias, who was convicted by a Jefferson County jury last month, was a member of the Mara Salvatrucha gang who had ties to Colorado, Los Angeles and El Salvador.
Rivera-Gracias was found guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse, according to the county’s district attorney’s office.
Richard Limon, 69, of Denver, in August 2011.
Tina Moya, 42, in the plot to kill Limon, her husband. Raul Nunez-Soto, 50, Moya’s boyfriend, was also convicted and sentenced in the slaying and is serving a 48-year sentence.
Moya’s daughter, Nena Moya pleaded guilty to being an accessory to first-degree murder when she was 17-years-old and was sentenced to two years in a Division of Youth Corrections facility.
The Moyas and Nunez-Soto were all arrested in the weeks after the slaying.
Rivera-Gracias and Nunez-Soto first attempted to suffocated Limon before beating him and stabbing him to death over 15 minutes in the recreational vehicle where he lived.
Investigators said Limon was stabbed nine times.
Limon’s body was found by a bicyclist who stopped at the summit of Lookout Mountain to enjoy the view.
“Finally, we have justice for the family of Richard Limon,” said District Attorney Pete Weir.
Jesse Paul: 303-954-1733, jpaul@denverpost.com or twitter.com/JesseAPaul
Staff writer Joey Bunch contributed to this article.
