Overview
- Deputies found the 5-year-old dead at a Centennial home on March 10, opened a homicide investigation, and said there is no ongoing danger to the community.
- The 11-year-old is being held at the Marvin W. Foote Youth Services Center after the sheriff’s office identified him as the suspect in his brother’s death.
- Officials have not released a cause of death, and the coroner says autopsy details will not be disclosed out of respect for the family.
- Colorado law bars transferring an 11-year-old to adult court, so the case would proceed in juvenile court with a focus on rehabilitation.
- Prosecutors may seek an aggravated juvenile offender designation carrying roughly three to seven years in the Division of Youth Services, and the district attorney’s office says formal charges are expected next week.