A Colorado man will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing and dismembering five people in the San Luis Valley over a seven-week span in fall 2020.
Adre Baroz, also known as “Psycho,” was handed five life sentences last week after pleading guilty earlier this year to first-degree murder, tampering with human remains, and other counts, court records show.
Baroz was charged in the deaths of Korina Arroyo, 31, of Monte Vista, Myron Martinez, 38, of Del Norte, Shayla Hammel, 20, of Alamosa, Selena Esquibel, 19, of Alamosa, and Xavier Zeven Garcia, 24, of Saguache.
Baroz also pleaded guilty to felony assault and kidnapping.
Following a manhunt, he was arrested in November 2020 after human remains were found on two properties in the Los Sauces — or Lasuses — area of Conejos County.
Prosecutors said Baroz dumped the victims’ bodies into “burn pits” after killing them, leaving investigators scant remains with which to identify them.
Investigators said Baroz killed his first victim, Esquibel, because he believed she was “going around saying Psycho raped her,” CBS News reported. Arroyo went missing before she was set to testify at a trial, according to the Denver Gazette.
His co-defendants, Francisco Ramirez and Julius Baroz, also pleaded guilty to charges in connection to the murders. During last week’s sentencing hearing, Julius Baroz was sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy to commit murder, according to court documents. Ramirez was sentenced to three eight- year sentences for tampering with a deceased body.