Overview

• Brighton police said 32-year-old Keeley Koff, who was pregnant, was found shot inside an abandoned vehicle about a mile from her home.
• James “Jaime” Benavidez, 50, faces counts of first-degree murder, auto theft and unlawful termination of a pregnancy while held at the Adams County Jail.
• Investigators reported that Benavidez and Koff were known to each other, though they have not disclosed the nature of the relationship or the timing of her death.
• Benavidez was arrested the day before Koff was found after an attempted carjacking at a Murphy Express gas station, a vehicle theft, a police pursuit into Commerce City, and an exchange of gunfire in which officers wounded him.
• Adams County prosecutors are expected to formally file the homicide case at a Thursday hearing, with additional charges anticipated for the pursuit and alleged attempted murder of officers; local reports cite a lengthy criminal history for Benavidez.