Colorado Man Charged With Dragging Girlfriend to Death
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Prosecutors filed murder and kidnapping charges Monday against a man accused in the gruesome dragging death of his 49-year-old girlfriend.
Jose Luis Rubi-Nava, 36, also faces charges of forging and possessing a government-issued document. He was being held without bail.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The battered and disfigured body of Luz Marie Franco Fierros was found Sept. 18 in a normally quiet subdivision about 20 miles south of Denver.
Investigators say Franco Fierros had been dragged behind a vehicle for more than a mile, leaving a bloody trail. Preliminary autopsy results said she suffered fatal head injuries and strangled as she was dragged.
She was identified by matching her fingerprints to Mexican voter registration records.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Court documents remained sealed in the case, and it was not clear what documents Rubi-Nava was accused of forging. District attorney's spokeswoman Kathleen Walsh declined comment.
Immigration officials have said they believe Rubi-Nava is an illegal immigrant.
A judge scheduled another hearing for Thursday to hear motions in the case.
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