Three people -- ages 18 to 21 -- have been arrested in western Colorado after police say a homicide occurred in the city of Fruita.

Fruita police officers and Mesa County sheriff's deputies responded to what they described as a "suspicious incident" near the 21 Road desert area on Saturday. Investigators learned that a homicide had occurred in the city and began talking to people they identified as possibly connected.

Police didn't say what led them to the suspects, but they later arrested Weston Owen, 18, Sarah Bess, 18, and Kellar Weisgerber, 21.

Fruita Police Department

All were taken to the Mesa County Detention Center in Grand Junction on the following charges:

First-degree murder

Felony evidence tampering

Felony abuse of a corpse

Felony conspiracy

Police believe they have al

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