A Denver man who is suspected of killing a woman allegedly flagged someone down after assaulting her, asking the passerby to call 911.
Brian Mervin, 50, allegedly told the person that he found his “wife” on the ground on Monday, Aug. 19, Denver police said in a press release shared on social media. He claimed he discovered her struggling to breathe.
First responders arrived to find a woman, whom authorities have not yet identified, suffering from several injuries, which were not specified. It’s unclear if the woman was actually Mervin’s wife.
The woman was pronounced dead after being taken to the hospital. Police said investigators observed that her injuries were consistent with an assault and began investigating her death as a domestic homicide.
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Mervin was arrested and is “being held for investigation of one count of first-degree-murder,” police said in the …