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Suspect in 2017 Aurora Knights Inn murder is arrested in Mexico

Arturo Garcia is accused of killing 18-year-old Alexandrea Raber.

Denver Post city desk reporter Kieran ...
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A man suspected in a July 2017 murder in Aurora has been arrested in Mexico and deported to the United States, police said.

Arturo Garcia, 22, was arrested on a first-degree-murder warrant in the death of 18-year-old Alexandrea Raber, according to police.

On July 2, 2017, police were called to the Knights Inn Motel, 14200 E. Sixth Avenue, on a welfare check. Officers found Raber’s body inside a motel room.

Garcia was arrested Tuesday in Mexico and is being held in the Dallas County Jail in Texas, according to a news release. Extradition proceedings to return Garcia to Colorado are underway. He’ll be prosecuted in the 18th Judicial District in Colorado.

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