a drunk driver A mother and her teenage son tending to The man who killed them both outside Broomfield High School last year has pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide.

José Menjivar, 38, faced four charges on alcohol-related driving charges in Boulder County before the December 2023 crash in which he struck Riordan and Melissa Powell’s vehicle. According to police, Menjivar was traveling at twice the posted speed limit.

Investigators found at least two empty beer cans on the floor of Menjivar’s vehicle. another beer can on the road and an open case of beer with missing cans in the back of the vehicle. Menjivar’s blood alcohol content tested at 0.249; This is more than three times the legal limit of 0.08.

Prosecutors and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Menjivar had been deported four times in 2009, 2012, 2014 and 2015 and was serving a sentence for a previous DUI case in a work release program at the time of the crash. ICE filed an immigration detainer in Broomfield County on December 18.

Menjivar admitted to vehicular homicide on Sept. 19, according to court records. He is being held at the Broomfield Detention Center pending sentencing, which is scheduled for Friday.