Jorge Francisco Hernandez-Escarena Formally Charged With Murdering His Father

ADAMS COUNTY, Colo (CBS4) -- A 26-year-old man whom police found jumping on the roof of a parked car in Commerce City six days ago was formally charged Monday in an Adams County courtroom with 1st Degree Murder.

Commerce City Police Department officers, responding to a disturbance call at 3:37 a.m. last Tuesday, took Jorge Francisco Hernandez-Escarena into custody outside a home at 5521 West 65th Avenue.

Inside the home, officers discovered the body of 78-year-old Benigno Hernandez-Moreno, Hernandez-Escarena's father. The older man had suffered severe head trauma, according to a press release from the 17th Judicial District Attorney's Office.

In announcing Hernandez-Escarena's arrest, Commerce City PD described the suspect as making vague references to arriving officers about what they might find inside the home.

A preliminary hearing in his father's murder case is scheduled for January 29th.