A former Costilla County Sheriff’s Office employee is facing life in prison for his alleged participation in a murder-for-hire conspiracy case pending in federal court in Vermont
Jerry Banks, 34, of Fort Garland, Colorado, is accused of the 2018 kidnapping and killing of Gregory Davis, 49, of Danville, Vermont, whose body was found by the side of the road in Barnet, federal court records say.
Banks had only been charged with kidnapping, but on Wednesday, the Vermont office of the U.S. Attorney said in a news release that Banks was now being added as a defendant to the murder-for-hire conspiracy case already pending against Serhat Gumrukcu, 39, of Los Angeles, and Berk Eratay, 36, of Las Vegas.
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