Aggravated robbery kill, maim or wound
2nd degree burglary (two counts)
Eight days before Lopez-Leon s death, she reported a burglary to the Broomfield Police Department (BPD) in which a large gun safe had been tampered with inside her home, BPD said at the time. The safe weighed approximately 480 pounds empty, police said.
Police said Munoz-Diaz previously lived in the same mobile home park as the victim and had come under the belief that she kept a large amount of cash in the safe.
During the investigation into her death, BPD detectives found that the safe was missing, as was a gold Michael Kors clutch purse that was presumed to contain her personal information, BPD said. Two watches were also stolen from Lopez-Leon s home.
Man convicted, sentenced after fatally stabbing Broomfield County woman 8 times in 2015 robbery
17th Judicial District Attorney's Office
Ricardo Enrique Munoz-Diaz
and last updated 2021-04-27 14:09:58-04
BROOMFIELD COUNTY, Colo. â A 33-year-old man was convicted of murdering a Broomfield County woman during a 2015 robbery, and was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday.
After a five-day trial, 17th Judicial District Attorney Brian S. Mason said Ricardo Munoz-Diaz, 33, was found guilty of first-degree felony murder, second-degree murder, aggravated robbery (wound or strike), aggravated robbery, and two counts of second-degree burglary.
He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
The charges stem from Oct. 11, 2015, when Munoz-Diaz broke into the home of 33-year-old Amalia Karolina Lopez-Leon, along E. Midway Boulevard in Broomfield, according to the district attorney s office. He had lived in the same mobile home park as Lopez-Leon and believed she kept a lar