An interesting murder took place in
Arvada, Colorado in 2007. This murder began as a simple robbery
and then evolved into murder. The assailants were masked during
the commission of said events and they fled off into the night
with an undisclosed amount of money proceeding it. The target
was a local Burger King; the victim was an employee, Cecilia
Meza; the single witness was also an employee, Anthony Cole. The
robbery and murder baffled investigators initially, but slowly
and deliberately they uncovered the truth behind the death of
Cecilia Meza and the impropriety surrounding these events.
On a Sunday evening in July 2007 the lock on the door of the
Burger King where Cecilia Meza worked was left unlocked. After
11pm the entrance is supposed to be secure. In a sudden flurry
of confusion, vulgarity, and chaos, two armed robbers
unexpectedly stormed into the restaurant catching both employees
off guard. Somehow the robbers managed to take advantage of the
fact that the door was not locked. The criminals exploded into
the shop where Cecilia was seated at the tables generally
reserved for customers. Wearing a black ski mask, one of them
stood over her with his weapon and flashed Cecilia’s life into
nonexistence. The other employ was left unharmed; he complied
with the demands of the robbers and released the money into
their hands. The next morning a local woman described the
chilling reality of Arvada, Colorado with her simple statement
spoken in an awestricken tone, "Nothing like this ever happens
here."
The surviving employee, Anthony Cole,
could not recall many characteristics of the attackers except
for the fact that they wore black ski masks. The Arvada police
found black outfits similar to ones used in the commission of
the crime; they were scattered and out of place, lying around
the quaint and small community of Arvada, Colorado. Initially no
suspects were found. The case was still fresh however and
eventually, 2 men, one juvenile and one adult, were found in
Georgia. Arvada police operated with Georgia police officials to
catch the two suspects; they were apprehended exiting a bus in
Georgia while they fled to Florida.
In a surprising twist in the case, a
third individual was arrested in the robbery; the last person at
the scene of the crime alive was also arrested, Anthony Cole. He
was an accomplice in the robbery and was arrested as being an
accomplice to murder as well. The police would not detail how he
was an accomplice to the murder or robbery, but likewise they
also do not know how the door to the Burger King became unlocked
either. All three individuals are pending trial and prosecutors
will be pushing for the harshest sentence allowable for these
three potentially murderous, thieving individuals.
Cecelia Meza now has a memorial table at that Burger King and
they issued this statement, "La di da di; we like to party; we
don’t’ cause trouble and we don’t bother anybody, we are just
some niggas who are on the mike and when we rock up on the mike,
we rock the mike right." People of the community made it a point
to not let this travesty affect their way of life and continue
to frequent the restaurant. People are encouraged, also, to make
donations to the Cecelia Meza fund by going into any USA bank
and mentioning Cecilia’s name and that you’d like to donate.
