GUILTY CO - Daryl Ritz, 33-year veteran of CSFD, El Paso County, 16 May 2016

[Tawny]

http://www.krdo.com/news/el-paso-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-a-suspicious-death/39584294

"EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. -
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office has identified the man found dead on Monday night as a former Colorado Springs firefighter.

Daryl Ritz, a 33-year veteran of CSFD, was found off of Judge Orr Road around midnight."

 

[Treelights]

http://www.kktv.com/content/news/Death-investigation-in-eastern-El-Paso-County-379774301.html

Snipped By Me...

"...the coroner has not determined how Ritz died, but confirmed he was murdered."

 

[Treelights]

http://www.epcsheriff.com/sites/def...s/MR 16-056 Victim of Homicide Identified.pdf

This is the media release from May 17th, 2016.

 

[Treelights]

http://www.kktv.com/content/news/Death-investigation-in-eastern-El-Paso-County-379774301.html

"The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office arrested Gustavo Torres-Gonzalez, 43, on May 22nd for murder of Daryl Ritz."

 

[Treelights]

http://shr.elpasoco.com/news-releases/suspect-in-daryl-ritz-homicide-arrested

"A mug shot of Torres-Gonzalez is attached to this Media Release and he is being held by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office without bond at the Criminal Justice Center. Torres has had previous law enforcement contacts that include weapons charges and falsifying United States identification documents."

 

[0101ABA]

Surprise guilty plea in retired Colorado Springs firefighter's murder abruptly halts trial

A man accused of killing a retired Colorado Springs firefighter admitted his guilt Thursday, bringing his two-week murder trial to an abrupt end.

Abandoning his self-defense claim at the eleventh hour, Gustavo Torres-Gonzalez pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, agreeing to the mandatory sentence of life without parole without waiting on the jury's verdict.

His about-face came on the day prosecutors expected to rest their case, and jury deliberations could have begun Friday.

After stepping into the courtroom amid reports of the impending guilty plea, District Attorney Dan May said in his 35 years as a prosecutor he couldn't recall a murder defendant suddenly deciding to plead guilty.