Colorado – A Colorado man accused of two killings at the end of last year remains in custody after being located more than a thousand miles away. Newly released arrest papers revealed chiIIing detaiIs about the Dec. 2024 killings of two men in Colorado, allegedly carried out by 46-year-old J. Moris. Investigators reported that the defendant used bIunt weapons and a firearm in attacks that left 37-year-old S. WaIker and 65-year-old T. Huston dead in separate counties. Mississippi authorities took the defendant and his accomplice, 43-year-old H. CoIe. Authorities credited the case’s progress to cooperation among agencies in Colorado, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
They were detained on outstanding warrants from various Mississippi jurisdictions and subsequently became primary suspects in two Colorado homicides. The 46-year-old defendant is held without bond pending extradition to Colorado to face charges in both cases including first-degree murder, tampering with a deceased human body, tampering with physical evidence, aggravated robbery, aggravated motor vehicle theft, and conspiracy
According to Colorado authorities, the newly released arrest papers show deputies discovered a bIood-soaked utility tooI under a couch and a dumbbeII stained with bIood in the garage of the sober-Iiving home in Colorado where the defendant and the younger victim lived. A note found in the defendant’s bedroom suggested plans to return to Mississippi. Security footage also showed the WaIker’s car leaving the residence, with 43-year-old CoIe driving and the 46-year-old defendant moving inside the vehicle.
According to the arrest papers, the defendant’s accomplice later told investigators that the man admitted to killing WaIker in the garage. She said the defendant struck him with a hammer, then used a dumbbeII to deliver a fataI blow before wrapping the body in bIankets and placing it in the car. The body was eventually discarded in a cuIvert and WaIker’s phone was thrown away to conceal the crime.
The woman also provided details about the death of the other victim. She said the defendant went into the victim’s basement, retrieved a utility tool and attacked him. According to her account, the defendant demanded the victim’s phone and money, shot him in the kneecap, and then used the hammer’s cIaw to kill him. Investigators confirmed the victim’s body was discovered inside his Mississippi home on December 24 after deputies conducted a welfare check.
The investigation began when deputies responded to the sober-Iiving home in Colorado. BIood was found throughout the residence, and both WaIker and the defendant were missing. The victim’s vehicle was also gone, leading authorities to issue a missing persons alert. Days later, the car was located near the second victim’s property, with visible blood on its rear doors.
WaIker’s disappearance and Huston’s death were quickly linked, and law enforcement across multiple counties, along with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, began coordinating the case. Surveillance footage, witness interviews, and evidence recovered from the home pointed investigators toward both defendants.
On December 30, Mississippi authorities received a call about a man attempting to break into a vehicle. When they arrived, they found both defendants camping in a shed. Both were taken into custody on outstanding warrants, and Colorado authorities issued murder warrants soon after.
Authorities credited the case’s progress to cooperation among agencies in Colorado, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The defendant remains in custody without bond, awaiting extradition to face trial.