A 58-year-old man pleaded guilty Friday to beating two men to death and hiding their bodies in their Denver home in 2011.
Daryl Rasmussen, who pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder, was sentenced to 30 years in jail, according to state records. Thirteen other charges — including first-degree murder — were dismissed by the Denver district attorney’s office.
Rasmussen was indicted by a Denver grand jury in December.
He killed Ramiro “Rome” Sanchez II, 56, and his partner, Ronald Ford, 63, in their home in late January 2011. Rasmussen, who was living with Sanchez and Ford, allegedly stole their car and identities before he fled the state.
Investigators found Ford’s body inside the home Feb. 11, 2011. A week later, investigators found Sanchez’s body in the home’s basement.
Both men died from blunt-force trauma to the head.
Sanchez and Ford formerly operated La Fabula Grill and Cantina on West 26th Avenue in Denver.
Rasmussen, said to be a cross-dresser who went by the name “Ms. Puppy,” was arrested in Palm Springs, Calif., six months after he fled Denver. A former Denver resident alerted police after he overheard Rasmussen introduce himself as “Ms. Puppy” in a bar.
