A 50-year-old Colorado man, James Benavidez, was arrested and jailed following an alleged crime spree in the city of Brighton. The very next day, new charges, including first-degree murder, were filed against him after a pregnant woman’s body was found in an abandoned car.

As reported by CBS News Colorado, the alleged crime spree occurred on Thursday, August 28. According to the Brighton Police Department (BPD), Benavidez allegedly attempted to steal a vehicle from a man at the Murphy Express gas station on Bromley Lane. Both men engaged in a physical struggle, and shots were fired, BPD alleged.

As BPD officers responded to the scene, Benavidez fled on a bike, only to steal a different vehicle from a business located two blocks away from the gas station, police alleged.

As reported by 9

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