Defendant in 2022 murder case again fails to appear in court

Defendant in 2022 murder case again fails to appear in court

A man accused of brutally murdering a 22-year-old Greeley woman in 2022 again failed to appear in court Thursday, the third time he’s been absent in his own proceedings. Despite the repeated absences, Weld District Judge Marcelo Kopcow said at the status conference that he did no want to “assume” that Vallejos and hospital staff were ignoring a court order requiring Vallejos’ presence, possibly attributing the absences to “human error.” Vallejos…