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Fort Lewis College Student Charged in Alleged Murder-for-Hire Plot Is Released on $50,000 Bond

Investigators say he sought to pay two students to kill a classmate.

Overview

  • The Colorado Bureau of Investigation opened the probe on Jan. 28 and arrested 19-year-old Jackson Keller the next day.
  • Authorities say evidence indicates Keller allegedly tried to pay two fellow students to carry out the killing of another student.
  • He was booked into the La Plata County Jail and later released on a $50,000 cash or surety bond.
  • Keller faces charges of criminal solicitation for first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a weapon on college grounds.
  • Fort Lewis College Police and the CBI report no ongoing threat to the campus, and court records list a bond hearing set for Monday afternoon in La Plata County Court.