Tip leads Arapahoe County Sheriff s Office to suspect in gas station robbery murder
Samuel Birch was arrested on Dec. 11. He s being held without bond in the Arapahoe County Detention Center. Author: Darren Whitehead Updated: 9:37 PM MST December 16, 2020
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. Arapahoe County sheriff s investigators looking for a murder suspect got a big break after the suspect s girlfriend s mother called in a tip.
According to an arrest affidavit for Samuel Birch, his girlfriend s mother called the sheriff s office just after 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 11.
The girlfriend s mother told detectives the alleged shooter of a Circle K gas station clerk on Nov. 26, Thanksgiving, at around 6:44 p.m. was Birch, the affidavit states.