Two defendants in Flagstaff case set for trial later in the year
Two of the defendants in a Boulder County murder case are set for trial later this year.
Jaime Moore, 31, and Cody Hobirk, 44, pleaded not guilty Thursday to first-degree murder, felony murder, aggravated robbery, tampering with a deceased body, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse.
Hobirk, who did not waive his right to speedy trial, was set for a two-week trial starting Aug. 14, with a motions hearing on June 29.
Moore did agree to extend the deadline on his speedy trial rights, and so was set for a twoweek trial starting Dec. 4 with a motions hearing on Sept. 14. Both men remain in custody. The two other defendants in the case, Ashley Provine, 19, and Elizabeth Griffin, 32, did not enter pleas Thursday and instead asked for continuances in their cases. Both are now set for another arraignment hearing on April 28.
All four were arrested in connection with the death of Alexis Baca, 25, who was found dead of a gunshot to the head on July 24 near the Realization Point trailhead off Flagstaff Road.
According to an affidavit in the case, Baca was traveling with a man from New Mexico to Montana when the man was pulled over on July 20 in Morgan County and arrested on outstanding warrants.
The man told police after Baca’s death that he had left Baca with $20,000 in cash, two handguns, his cellphone and his car and told her to take care of herself until he could get out of custody.
According to the affidavit, investigators tracked Baca driving the vehicle in Boulder and elsewhere in the state. Investigators also noticed a Ford F-150 would usually be following close behind, including in Boulder the night before Baca’s body was found.
The vehicle was found to belong to Moore, and police in Las Cruces, N.M., detained Moore and his girlfriend Provine for questioning.
Moore told police that Baca reached out to Hobirk and offered him $2,000 to help get her back to New Mexico, and that Hobirk reached out to Moore for help. Moore said he, Provine, Hobirk and Hobirk’s girlfriend Griffin all left for Colorado in his truck on July 23 and met with Baca at a hotel in Fort Morgan.
Moore said Baca was high on drugs and “difficult to handle.” Moore said they followed Baca to Boulder, but said Baca was driving erratically and did not appear to know where she was going.
According to the affidavit, Moore said they pulled over in the mountains and that when he went to go talk to Baca, she had a gun in her hand and fired a shot at him. Moore said he carries a 9 mm pistol on him and used it to shoot Baca in self-defense.
Moore said he and Hobirk dumped the body on the trailhead, with Hobirk driving her car. According to the affidavit, Moore said they found $6,000 in cash, 5,000 pills, two guns and two laptops in the car, and took the cash, pills and laptops.
Moore said they then dumped Baca’s car in Breckenridge and that he and the other three then cleaned his truck. Moore also told police Hobirk mentioned robbing Baca at one point.
But according to the affidavit, Provine told investigators it was Moore and Hobirk who led Baca into the mountains. Provine said when they parked, Moore told her to take a long walk, and when she returned Baca was gone.
Provine said she had never met Baca before the trip, but that she knew of Baca as being a drug dealer in New Mexico who knew Hobirk and Moore.