Bartell was on the phone with a friend who was worried when the line dropped. The friend then tracked her phone. And located Bartell in a field off the highway.
Deadly rock-throwing spree
Unsealed Thursday’s affidavit revealed that the suspects turned around to take a photo of Bartell’s vehicle after hitting it with the rock as a “memento.” One of the suspects also mentioned being “blood brothers” and that they “could never speak of this incident.”
Authorities received a tip from a tire store worker who told police that a co-worker had recounted that he was with friends with a teen that loaded landscaping rocks from a Walmart parking lot into a pickup truck on April 19.
The co-worker later told a detective that he asked his friends to take him home because he “did not want anything to do with what they were about to do,” according to the affidavit.
The suspects were taken into custody at their parents’ homes in Arvada, Colorado, on April 20, and were later charged with first-degree murder with “extreme indifference.” The suspects made an initial court appearance via video from jail on Thursday morning and are being held without bail.
