2 charged with murder in body found burning under Larimer County bridge

Three people have been charged in connection with a body exposed burning under a Weld County bridge last month district attorney authorities stated Isaac Valdez-Salvador a -year-old man who was arrested in late April after he stopped with a flat tire on Interstate near Mead and ran across the highway faces six felony charges first-degree murder conspiracy to commit first-degree murder tampering with a body second-degree motor bus theft vehicular eluding and tampering with physical evidence according to a news release from the Weld County District Attorney s Office Valdez-Salvador is scheduled to appear in court for a disposition hearing on July Juana Espino was also charged with first-degree murder conspiracy to commit first-degree murder unlawful purchase of firearms and tampering with physical evidence all felonies according to the release Larimer County sheriff s deputies and the Poudre Canyon Volunteer Fire Department responded on April to reports of a fire under a bridge at the Stevens Gulch picnic area off of Colorado When they arrived the crew exposed an obviously deceased person on fire under the bridge The coroner s office identified the man as -year-old Gerardo Hernandez Lucio and mentioned he died from a gunshot wound to the head Investigators explained Lucio was killed in Weld County and had been dead for several days before his body was burned in Larimer County Related Articles A Colorado man died by suicide via fentanyl overdose What punishment should his dealer face Man convicted in Colorado parole officer s death sentenced to years in prison Three dead after suspected smuggling boat capsizes off Del Mar Plane crashes near Longmont s Vance Brand Airport on Sunday injured in Denver shooting near Coors Field A third suspect -year-old Monica Lopez-Silva faces two felony charges being an accessory to a crime and tampering with physical evidence Both Espino and Lopez-Silva are next scheduled to appear in court on June Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day