Stephen McNeil was charged with first-degree murder (Larimer County Sheriff s Office) (Larimer County Sheriff s Office)
The charges were linked to a pair of incidents – first, on Dec. 19, 2020, for which McNeil was also charged with felony assault, for an alleged strangulation, and harassment for making a threat by phone, records show. He was also charged with criminal mischief for a Dec. 29 incident in which he allegedly caused from $300 to $750 of damage, records show.
Additional details regarding the victim, or victims, in each case were not immediately available.
Police said they received a 911 call on Feb. 6 for a report of an unconscious, injured woman in a Fort Collins parking lot. The victim, later identified as Hopton, was rushed to an area hospital but could not be saved. The Larimer County Coroner’s Office deemed her death a homicide but did not provide details regarding the cause.