When a mother of three suffers a horrific attack at the hands of her partner while on a family camping trip, her sons witness the unfathomable and law enforcement is determined to find justice for the victim.
Christina Archuleta-Blasier (Photo Source) Vail Daily
Christina Archuleta-Blasier (Photo Source) Vail Daily
John Anthony Vasquez (Photo Source) Colorado Department of Corrections
Arapahoe National Forest Image (Source) USDA Forest Service
Arapahoe National Forest Map (Source) Google Maps
Episode Source Material
- State of Colorado County of Clear Creek: Affidavit in Support of an Arrest Warrant. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- The Denver Post: Arvada Man accused of setting girlfriend on fire at campsite. By Noelle Phillips and Kirk Mitchell.
- Fort Collins Coloradoan: Arvada man accused of setting girlfriend on fire at campsite. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- The Denver Post: Woman set on fire during family camping trip dies. By Yesenia Robles.
- The Denver Post: First-degree murder charge filed against Arvada man accused of setting woman ablaze. By Jesse Paul.
- The Daily Sentinel: Man faces murder charge in burning death. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Vail Daily: Woman who was doused with gasoline and burned to death as her two sons watched was murdered, jury rules. By Randy Wyrick.
- The Denver Post: Man guilty of murder in Clear Creek County for dousing girlfriend in gasoline, lighting her on fire. By Kieran Nicholson.
- Colorado Fifth Judicial District Attorney’s Office: Man Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Burning to Death Girlfriend in Front of Her Children via web.archive.org.
- The Denver Post: Arvada man sentenced to life for death of girlfriend who he doused with gas, lit on fire. By Kieran Nicholson.
- 9 News: Man who burned girlfriend to death in front of her kids to spend life in prison. By Krystyna Biassou.
- People: Mom-of-3 Burned to Death in Front of Young Sons by Her Boyfriend – Who’s Now Sentenced to Life. By Chris Harris.
- Oxygen True Crime: Colorado Man Gets Life for Dousing Girlfriend In Gasoline, Lighting Her on Fire In Front of Kids. By Gina Tron.
- Colorado Court of Appeals: The People of the State of Colorado v. John Anthony Vasquez. Ruling.
- Colorado Politics: Appeals court agrees lighting person on fire counts as arson. By Michael Karlik.
- Colorado Bureau of Prisons: John A. Vasquez Inmate Profile.
- Colorado Revised Statutes Title 18 Criminal Code 18-4-105. Fourth Degree Arson.
- Find A Grave Christina Archuleta-Blasier
- People of the State of Colorado v. John Anthony Vasquez. Sentence Order. Filed August 9th, 2023. Hard copy only. No direct link.