LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KKTV) - A man has been arrested in connection with a reported burglary that police said resulted in the death of an 83-year-old woman in Lakewood on December 6.

The Lakewood Police Department (LPD) said officers responded to a home on South Kendall Street around 7:10 p.m., where a family member had gone to check on their elderly mother and had found her dead.

According to police, a window had been broken, and the home was “ransacked,” leading them to believe the woman’s house had been burglarized.

Police said there was also evidence of a fire that had been started inside the home.

The victim was identified by police as 83-year-old Elizabeth Johnson of Lakewood.

On Wednesday afternoon, police said 41-year-old Arthur Joseph Maestas IV was arrested in connection with the

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