Jefferson County, CO – On January 21, 2010, at about 12:30 a.m., Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies and medical personnel responded to the 16000 block of W. 10th Ave. in reference to an unresponsive five-month-old baby boy.
The baby’s grandmother called 911 after waking up to the sounds of her son, Joseph Trujillo (dob 040786), crying. She found Trujillo holding the unresponsive baby who was subsequently declared dead at the scene by medical personnel. Trujillo is the baby’s father, and they share an apartment with the grandmother.
A team of Jefferson County investigators worked diligently through the night interviewing Trujillo, the grandmother, and numerous other witnesses. Through their work it was discovered that Trujillo had left the baby alone in the apartment for between six and seven hours while he went to a local bar and drank.
Trujillo was booked into the Jefferson County Jail where he is being held without bond on the charge of first degree murder.
An autopsy of the baby is pending to determine cause and manner of death.
Anyone with information about this crime is urged to contact the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office tip line at 303-271-5612.
Joseph Trujillo
