Police said on Friday they are looking for a second suspect in the stabbing of a college football player.
Evans police Lieutenant Gary Kessler said witnesses saw an alleged accomplice standing near the getaway car on Monday night just after Northern Colorado's starting punter, Rafael Mendoza, was stabbed in his kicking leg outside his apartment.
"He didn't play a role in the assault, but he did in the crime," Kessler said. "He was dressed in black clothing. He was involved in the aftermath of the incident."
Northern Colorado backup punter Mitch Cozad is accused of stabbing Mendoza in Evans, about 80km north of Denver.
Not long after Monday's attack, a liquor store employee called police and said two men were removing tape from the front and rear license plates of a car in the parking lot. Once removed, the employee saw the license plate number, which read "8-KIKR," which led police to the family of Cozad, Kessler said.
"We haven't ruled anything out, and the investigation is still open," Kessler said.
Arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of second-degree assault, Cozad of Wheatland, Wyoming, remained free on US$30,000 bond Friday. He has been suspended from the university and evicted from his dorm room. Weld County officials, who have until Friday to formally charge Cozad, said he has been granted permission to stay at his mother's home in Wheatland.
Mendoza, who was treated and released from the hospital, would miss yesterday's game at Texas State. According to an arrest affidavit, Mendoza was stabbed while he was on the ground and suffered a puncture wound 7.5cm to 10cm deep.
"I would like to thank everyone for their prayers and support," Mendoza said on Thursday in a statement released by the school. "I want everyone to know I am doing well and recovering."
The affidavit outlined a plot that took shape over a week.
According to the affidavit, another kicker, Michael York, said he provided Mendoza's address to Cozad last week.
That same week, Angela Vogel, identified as a close friend of Cozad's, said he "was extremely upset about issues with his football team" and that Cozad told her "to lie to police and to his mother about his whereabouts on the evening of Sept. 11, 2006," the affidavit said.
On Sept. 7, Mendoza "reported observing a male matching the description of the stabbing suspect standing in his apartment parking lot watching him," the affidavit said.
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