A woman was stabbed to death inside a Northglenn home Friday night, and the man police say is responsible is still on the run after leading officers on a chase that stretched roughly 200 miles across the state before he crashed and fled on foot near the Kansas border. Northglenn police say 48-year-old Alexei Munive-Rodriguez is wanted in connection with the killing and should be considered armed and dangerous.
Officers responded to the 10500 block of Irma Drive around 10 p.m. Friday after receiving a report of a stabbing, according to Denver7. Emergency crews arrived to find the victim suffering from multiple stab wounds and attempted lifesaving measures, but she died at the scene, as reported by 9NEWS. Her identity has not been released, and the official cause of death is pending an autopsy and next-of-kin notification through the Adams County Coroner's Office.
A Chase That Ended Near the Kansas Border
After identifying Munive-Rodriguez as the suspect, Northglenn police issued a statewide law enforcement alert to coordinate the search across county lines, according to CBS News. A Lincoln County Sheriff's deputy attempted a traffic stop to locate him, and Munive-Rodriguez fled, touching off a pursuit that carried him roughly 200 miles southeast of Northglenn to the area around Lamar, a Prowers County municipality near the Kansas border. The vehicle crashed near Lamar, and Munive-Rodriguez fled on foot, according to Denver7's reporting on the incident.
As of Saturday, Northglenn police said Munive-Rodriguez remained at large, and the investigation is active. The department is working with multiple other agencies to locate him and has warned the public not to contact, follow, or confront him under any circumstances. Anyone who spots him is being told to call 911 immediately rather than approach.
Wanted, Armed and Considered Dangerous
Police describe Munive-Rodriguez as armed and dangerous, a designation that has driven the scope of the multi-agency response since Friday night. His full date of birth, September 30, 1977, was released by the Northglenn Police Department alongside the public safety warning to help other agencies confirm his identity, per department records shared on Facebook.
The manhunt illustrates how quickly a local homicide investigation can turn into a cross-jurisdictional operation. What began as a single stabbing call on Irma Drive escalated within hours into a highway pursuit spanning Lincoln and Prowers counties, pulling in sheriff's deputies far outside Northglenn's own boundaries. Northglenn police also lean on Flock Safety Automatic License Plate Reader cameras placed across municipal corridors to help track vehicles connected to active violent crime investigations, according to a City of Northglenn report from February.
Dispatch, Prosecution and What Comes Next
Emergency calls for Northglenn police run through ADCOM 911, a regional public safety agency that serves more than 500,000 residents across Adams County and fields over 170,000 emergency calls a year, according to ADCOM 911. The agency coordinates joint dispatch for police and fire departments across Denver's northern suburbs, which allowed Friday night's call to move quickly from initial report to statewide alert.
Should Munive-Rodriguez be taken into custody, any felony prosecution would fall to the Adams County District Attorney's Office within Colorado's 17th Judicial District, which holds jurisdiction over criminal cases originating in Northglenn. Colorado law classifies first-degree murder as a Class 1 felony carrying a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole upon conviction, under Colorado Revised Statutes § 18-3-102, since the state abolished the death penalty in 2020. No charges have yet been formally filed, and the relationship between Munive-Rodriguez and the victim has not been disclosed.
This is not the first time Northglenn police have mounted a major search for a violent crime suspect. In November 2024, the department searched for suspects at large after a house party shooting near Belford Drive left two dead, several hurt, as Hoodline reported at the time. Friday's stabbing also follows other recent violent incidents in the city, including a March stabbing on Grant Drive that fueled local debate over public safety.
