Overview

• A maintenance worker found a body inside a black box next to a dumpster at the Perch Apartments at 7791 W. 52nd Ave. on Monday morning.
• Crime-scene investigators confirmed the victim was a 29-year-old woman, and her name has not been released.
• After interviews and search warrants, police identified Daniel Ryan Clark, 41, and arrested him on Thursday.
• Clark was booked into the Jefferson County Jail on a $20,000 cash bond on charges of tampering with a deceased human body, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with physical evidence.
• Arvada police describe the case as active and are considering homicide-related charges, asking anyone with information to contact APD or Metro Denver Crime Stoppers.