Three teens were arrested in the death of a 20-year-old Colorado woman who was killed when a large rock thrown at her car went through the windshield, the Jefferson County Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a news release Wednesday.
Alexa Bartell was killed April 19 after a series of cars were hit by rocks that night, Jacki Kelley, public information officer with the sheriff\u2019s office, said in a news conference Wednesday. Authorities believe at least seven people were hit by the rocks.
Investigators arrested the three teens in connection with her death Tuesday night, the sheriff\u2019s office said.
The three suspects, Joseph Koenig, Nicholas \u201cMitch\u201d Karol-Chik, and Zachary Kwak \u2013 all 18 \u2013 face charges of first-degree murder, extreme indifference, the sheriff\u2019s office said in its release. The three were interviewed Tuesday night, according to Kelley.
Any additional charges will be filed in Colorado\u2019s First Judicial District Attorney\u2019s Office, the release said. The three will remain in custody until their first expected court appearance Thursday where they will be \u201cadvised of the charges against them,\u201d Kelley said.
CNN has reached out to the public defender\u2019s office to see if the three have attorneys assigned to them.
The arrests came as a result of \u201ccellphone device forensics,\u201d Kelley said Wednesday. Authorities told Bartell\u2019s family about the arrests in the middle of the night, Kelley added.
\u201cThey\u2019re just so grateful,\u201d Kelley said while talking about Bartell\u2019s family. \u201cThey\u2019re still suffering from the greatest loss possible, but this is the beginning of the journey that they\u2019ll be on next.
\u201cThis case touched a lot of people deeply. This was a beautiful young woman with her whole life in front of her who was simply driving home,\u201d Kelley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n