Jorge Solis
With forensics underway, the defense representing Jorge Solis — the man accused of murdering 22-year-old Rifle woman Ana Victoria Rascon in Gunnison County — is asking that “confidential experts to be present at testing or to in certain circumstances perform their own testing.”
“We will be asking that the experts be present for testing or run their own testing based on the right to effective assistance of counsel,” public defender Kori Zapletal said.
Solis, 24, was arrested March 17 in Mesa County after he was suspected of murdering and leaving Rascon’s body in a home in southwest Gunnison County on March 6. According to court documents, Solis had “knowingly attempted to set fire to, burn, or caused to burn a building or occupied structure.