A Centennial man who says he was left out of his mother's will allegedly poisoned her, dismembered her body, stored it briefly in a freezer and then drove around the state in her SUV for several days until he was arrested early Wednesday with body parts in the back seat.
The man, Ari Misha Liggett, 24, made his first court appearance Thursday in Arapahoe County District Court. He is being held without bail and faces a charge of first-degree murder. He will be formally advised of the charge Tuesday morning.
The Arapahoe County Coroner's Office on Thursday afternoon identified the body as that of Liggett's mother, Beverly Liggett, 56.
"You can imagine, it's a hard time," Ron Liggett, Ari Liggett's father and Beverly Liggett's
ex-husband, told The Denver Post.Monday evening, Beverly Liggett's boyfriend, Seth Masia, told authorities that he hadn't heard from her since Sunday but had received text- message and e-mail replies to messages from him that he thought had come from her son. Beverly Liggett's daughter also reported that she could not reach her mother. When Ron Liggett tried to reach his ex-wife, the phone was answered by Ari Liggett, who pretended to be his mother, court documents say.
Masia and Ron Liggett made a missing-person report. Police went to Beverly Liggett's house on East Peakview Avenue and found her vehicle missing but her purse and keys still in the house.
Court records show that during a search of the home, investigators found traces of human blood in the freezer and bathtub. Also, a hand saw and a large kitchen knife were on the top rack of the dishwasher. There were nicks and chips on the edge of the bathtub.
Early Wednesday, a deputy working at the home noticed a car outside matching the description of her vehicle and put out a call over police radio.
A short time later, a Greenwood Village police officer pulled over the SUV. When the officer went to the vehicle, the driver, Ari Liggett, sped away and crashed into a concrete wall. He was arrested.
Police found Beverly Liggett's remains in two padlocked plastic storage bins in the back of the vehicle.
In court documents, Ari Liggett said he found his mother dead on her living-room floor and believed she committed suicide by ingesting potassium cyanide. He said he panicked and tried to put her body in a freezer, according to the arrest affidavit.
The search of the home found potassium cyanide, a poisonous compound that can cause people who consume it to lose consciousness, vomit and die. Court records indicated that investigators also found vomit in the house.
Ari Liggett told investigators that he and two friends he hired to help with the body drove to Gunnison in his mother's vehicle. At some point, the friends left.
Liggett told authorities he had planned to put the remains in a tub with vinegar and store them in a storage unit "in hopes that police would be unable to identify the prints or dental records," the affidavit said.
But he said he didn't have enough money for a storage unit, the affidavit said, and drove back home to get his PlayStation to pawn it for cash.
While being questioned by authorities, Liggett said he had recently learned that his mother did not include him in her will. According to the arrest affidavit, he also told investigators that his "definition of right and wrong may differ from what others think, but he knows what society and the law consider to be right and wrong."
Ron Liggett told 9News that his son has a documented, lifelong history of mental illness.
"We're failing our society in terms of mental-health treatment, prevention and resources," he said.
Staff writer Joey Bunch contributed to this report.
Carlos Illescas: 303-954-1175, cillescas@denverpost.com or twitter.com/cillescasdp
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