THE MAN KILLED EARLIER THIS WEEK IN EL PASO COUNTY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. MONDAY MORNING THE BODY OF 38-YEAR-OLD JEREMY CAMPBELL WAS FOUND IN A FIELD NEAR EASTONVILLE AND HOGDEN ROAD. THE SUSPECT, KHAYLA DAWSON, WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO THIS HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. SHE TOLD AUTHORITIES THAT CAMPBELL WAS HER UBER DRIVER AND THAT SHE HAD FALLEN ASLEEP IN THE BACK OF HIS CAR. WHEN DAWSON WOKE UP, SHE SAID HE WAS ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT HER, SO SHE STABBED HIM IN “SELF DEFENSE” AND LEFT HIS BODY IN THE FIELD. SHE FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERY.
