Domestic Violence

Westminster, Colorado police arrested Thomas Perales after the body of 37-year-old Annette Marie Valdez, the mother of his children, was found in a trash can on Dec. 4, 2025. The Adams County District Attorney charged Perales with first-degree murder, tampering with a deceased human body, domestic violence, and violating a protection order; an affidavit cited by 9NEWS says he admitted to killing her and moving the body, and he had been released from jail about a week earlier.