Office of the District Attorney, 18th Judicial District
Shawrae Butler
A 22-year-old Aurora man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for the death of a woman whose body was dumped in Clear Creek County.
Shawrae Butler pleaded guilty, as part of a plea agreement, March 5 to conspiracy to commit second-degree murder and to tampering with a deceased human body in the death of Queen Ashby, who was 20 at the time she was murdered, according to the Arapahoe County District Attorney’s Office. Other charges against Butler were dropped.
On April 8, 2017, Ashby’s body was found along Colorado 103, she had been shot in the head.
Investigators determined that on April 1, 2017, a group of people had been at Ashby’s Joliet Street apartment in Aurora doing drugs. Several witnesses told investigators that Butler had put a gun to her temple and fired.
“Another felon has found a way to participate in a horrendous gun-related crime …while on probation. Shooting the young mother of a 6-month-old baby in the head is outrageous,” said District Attorney George Brauchler in a news release. “Doing nothing to help her and allowing her body to be dumped like garbage … that is despicable.”
Arapahoe District Court Judge Ben Leutwyler sentenced Butler to 20 years in prison on each of the two counts to be served concurrently.
“The tragedy of her death is more than enough for her family, but added to that is the complete disregard for her and for her family and for human life in general,” Leutwyler said. “To have her wrapped and dumped in that manner is appalling to me.”
Source : Denver Post
