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Joseph Koenig sentenced for fatal rock throwing incident that killed Alexa Bartell

Jun 3, 2025

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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A judge sentenced 20-year-old Joseph Koenig to life in prison Tuesday morning for the death of 20-year-old Alexa Bartell, over two years after her death. Bartell’s family packed court benches — as they’ve done at every hearing since Bartell’s death on April 19, 2023. Many…

Co-defendant sentenced to 32 years in prison for rock-throwing death

May 2, 2025

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Sage Kelley

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Zachary Kwak, 20, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault, among other charges

Defense rests in rock-throwing trial for suspect accused of killing Alexa Bartell

Apr 23, 2025

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Kevin Vaughan 9NEWS

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Joseph Koenig’s attorneys again called co-defendant Nicholas “Mitch” Karol-Chik to the stand. Closing arguments will begin Thursday morning.

Defense witness takes stand in rock-throwing death trial

Apr 22, 2025

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Kevin Vaughan 9NEWS

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Joe Koenig’s attorneys began their case by calling an expert on adolescent brain development to testify.

Alexa Bartell murder: as trial deadline looms, defendants may turn

May 7, 2024

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Carol McKinley, Special to the Denver Gazette

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the trial deadline looms for three suspects accused of killing an Arvada woman in a rock-throwing spree, it’s starting to look like two against one. Alexa Bartell’s tragic death shocked the Front Range last April. In an evidentiary hearing Tuesday, 1st Judicial Judge Christopher…

Defense in deadly rock-throwing case wants confession thrown out

Apr 25, 2024

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Carol McKinley, Special to the Denver Gazette

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a day-long motions hearing Thursday, one of three defendants on trial for Alexa Bartell’s April 2023 rock-throwing murder fought to have a four-hour confession he gave the night he was arrested thrown out of his upcoming trial. Attorneys for Nicholas “Mitch” Karol-Chik claimed that…

Two more victims emerge in deadly rock-throwing case

Apr 1, 2024

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Carol McKinley, Special to the Denver Gazette

Two more victims have surfaced in connection with a deadly night of rock-throwing that ended up in the brutal death of a 20-year-old Arvada woman last year, a Monday court hearing revealed. Joseph Koenig, one of three rock-throwing suspects, has been charged with four additional counts — two each of attempted murder and second-degree assault in…

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Joseph Koenig sentenced for fatal rock throwing incident that killed Alexa Bartell

Co-defendant sentenced to 32 years in prison for rock-throwing death

Defense rests in rock-throwing trial for suspect accused of killing Alexa Bartell

Defense witness takes stand in rock-throwing death trial

Alexa Bartell murder: as trial deadline looms, defendants may turn

Defense in deadly rock-throwing case wants confession thrown out

Two more victims emerge in deadly rock-throwing case