Friend finds Colorado woman dead after a large rock was thrown at her car

Police are searching for suspects after a 20-year-old Colorado woman was found dead by a friend after a large rock was thrown at her car Wednesday night.

Alexa Bartell was on the phone with a friend while driving northbound near the 10600 block of Indiana Street at about 10:45 p.m. when suspects, possibly from another car or the side of the road, threw a large rock at her vehicle, striking and killing her, according to a news release from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.