December 2, 2004
Contact: Lynn
Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
CHARGES FILED IN
WOMAN’S MURDER
Denver District
Attorney Bill Ritter has formally charged a man accused of
murdering a 21-year-old woman whose body was found in her home
in the 100 block of Lowell Boulevard last weekend. He has also
charged a woman with being an accessory.
21-year-old
Robert Sandoval-Candelaria (DOB: 06-18-83) is charged with
first-degree murder (F1).
19-year-old Amber
Trujillo (DOB: 02-06-85) is charged with accessory to a
crime (F5).
The charges allege
that Sandoval-Candelaria shot and killed his girlfriend, Sarah
Heine, then took their 2-month old daughter. The daughter was
found with Sandoval-Candelaria’s mother two days later, on
Wednesday, November 24th. Sandoval-Candelaria and
Trujillo were then found at Trujillo’s home in Federal Heights
and were taken into custody later that evening.
Both defendants are
scheduled to appear in Denver County Court, room 12T, to be
advised of the charges on Monday, December 6, 2004 at 9 a.m.
Sandoval-Candelaria is being held without bond. Trujillo
remains in custody; her bond was set at $100,000.
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