Riley Whitelaw’s accused murderer in court Thursday

COLORADO SPRINGS — 28-year-old Joshua Johnson, the man accused of killing his younger co-worker in a breakroom of a Colorado Springs’ Walgreens, is set to make his first appearance on Tuesday.

The Colorado Springs Police Department said the crime occurred on Saturday, June 11, while the store was open.

A manager noted that 17-year-old Riley Whitelaw had taken a break and had not returned. Eventually, he told police, he found Whitelaw’s body in the breakroom. There was blood everywhere, he said.

And police described finding a gruesome scene.


>> Read what police saw when they discovered Riley Whitelaw’s body

“There were significant blood stains on the floor, cabinets and counter of the breakroom,” the arrest affidavit reads. “There was an identification badge on the floor and a radio earpiece… near the victim’s feet.” Officers say it was immediately obvious that Riley Whitelaw was dead.

Johnson was arrested on Sunday, June 12. He was on foot on I-25 near Trinidad when Colorado State Troopers found him and took him into custody.

This article will be updated.

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