‘He thought no one would find her’: Man kidnapped and executed woman before dumping her body in remote area of Colorado

Insets, top to bottom: Casey Childers and Rachel Holeman. Background: The area where Holeman

Insets, top to bottom: Casey Childers and Rachel Holeman. Background: The area where Holeman’s body was located (18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office).

A 41-year-old man in Colorado will spend the rest of his days behind bars for kidnapping and killing a 29-year-old woman, executing her with a bullet to the head in what prosecutors described as a “calculated and cruel” act of violence. District Judge Natalie Stricklin on Thursday ordered Casey Childers to serve a sentence of life in a state correctional facility without parole for the 2021 slaying of Rachel Holeman, authorities announced.

The sentencing came after a jury found Childers guilty on one count each of first-degree murder after deliberation, second-degree kidnapping, and conspiracy to commit second-degree kidnapping.

“The evidence shows this defendant senselessly murdered and left her body in a remote part of the county where he thought no one would find her,” Senior Deputy District Attorney Corrie Caler said in a statement. “Fortunately, an alert deputy responding to a different call took the time to run a plate which helped narrow down the search area for Rachel.”

According to a news release from the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, in early November 2021, Childers and two other individuals kidnapped Holeman, brought her to a remote area and shot her in the head. Prosecutors said that Holeman and those convicted in her murder were in Colorado “distributing drugs.” Childers’ two accomplices, 46-year-old Shantel Edlund and 23-year-old Leo Vanbuskirk, have been convicted on felony charges in connection with the case.

Left: Leo Vanbuskirk. Right: Shantel Edlund (18th Judicial District Attorney's Office).

Left: Leo Vanbuskirk. Right: Shantel Edlund (18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office).

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