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2nd Man Wanted In Johnstown Homicide/Kidnapping Case, Seferino Hermosillo, Arrested In Texas

WELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) -- A Texas man wanted in the killing of a man in Johnstown and the kidnapping of another has been returned to Colorado, Weld County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday.

Seferino Hermosillo, 36, was arrested Jan. 6 in his hometown of Odessa. He was booked into the Weld County Jail on Wednesday.

Seferino Hermosillo (arrested, Johnstown Homicide, from Weld Cnty SO)
Seferino Hermosillo (credit: Weld County Sheriff's Office)

Hermosillo is being held on six felonies and a half-million dollar bond.

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Marco Antonio Gutierrez-Herrera (Johnstown Homicide, from Weld County SO)
Marco Antonio Gutierrez-Herrera (credit: Weld County Sheriff's Office/Facebook)

Hermosillo joins his alleged accomplice, 40-year-old Marco Gutierrez-Herrera, in jail. Gutierrez-Herrera is being held on five felonies and with the same $500,000 bond.

The pair is accused of killing 40-year-old Gilbert Gutierrez last November in Johnstown. His body was found by authorities late on Saturday night, Nov. 20.

 

Johnstown Homicide 1 (Gilbert Gutierrez, deceased, from Larimer SO via Weld SO)
Gilbert Gutierrez (credit: Larimer County Sheriff) Larimer County Sheriff's Office

Immediately, the Weld County Sheriff's Office broadcast its concerns for a 26-year-old man they feared was taken from the area by force. The man was "presumed kidnapped and in grave physical danger" the agency stated.

Two days later, that man was rescued by a multi-agency SWAT team at a gas station in Julesberg, six miles from the Colorado-Nebraska state line.

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Gutierrez-Herrera was later taken into custody at a residence in the town.

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Posted by Weld County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Case documents suggest Hermosillo and Gutierrez-Herrera believed Gutierrez and the 26-year-old man were responsible for the theft of a truck that contained a large shipment of cocaine.

Gutierrez-Herrera is expected to appear in court Tuesday. He may enter a plea at the hearing.

Hermosillo's next appearance is Feb. 15.

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