A Colorado man accused of killing a teenager is claiming that she hired him to do so.
Joseph Michael Lopez said that he found an ad on Craigslist that stated, “I want to put a hit on myself,” according to an affidavit obtained by ABC.
Lopez, 22, was arrested on Feb. 8 on suspicion of first-degree murder of 19-year-old Natalie Bollinger.
Bollinger was found dead on Dec. 29 in Thornton.
Officials said that she had left home the day before, after talking to a family member and hadn’t been seen since.
Bollinger died from a single gunshot to the head and had a “potentially lethal level of heroin” in her system when she died, an autopsy revealed, reported KDVR.
The autopsy said Bollinger had a history of heroin and methamphetamine use.
Lopez told detectives that the arrangement was made after he saw the ad on Craigslist and discussed specifics of how the teen would be killed.
