CO - Christina Archuleta, burned alive, Clear Creek County, 18 June 2016 *Arrest*

Archuleta was flown to University Hospital in Aurora after the incident on June 18 in which she suffered third-degree burns on about 60 percent of her body, mostly on her torso. She underwent numerous surgeries over the past month (...)

Vangie said Archuleta was in a medically-induced coma, facing multiple surgeries and skin grafts. Her body had shut down.

John Anthony Vasquez, 32 of Arvada, will be charged with murder, Assistant District Attorney Heidi McCollum announced Thursday afternoon. He is being held on $2 million bond.

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During interviews with investigators, one of the boys said Vasquez and Archuleta got into a fight on June 16 and that Vasquez “kicked her and she punched him in the face, splitting his lip,” according to the affidavit.

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One of the boys said “he saw John pour gas on his mom and light her on fire near one of her shoulders using a blue lighter, then John stood there and laughed,” according to the affidavit.

The boy told investigators he saw Vasquez kicking dirt onto the victim. One of the sons called 911 and said, “Johnny spilled gasoline on mom and lit a lighter.”

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John Vasquez, 32, was initially accused of attempted murder in the case before Christina Archuleta died on July 20 of her injuries. The new charges were filed July 27, prosecutors say.

“The penalty for first-degree murder is life without the possibility of parole,” Bruce Brown, 5th Judicial District Attorney, said in a statement. “The charges reflect that the incident was a premeditated act.

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