Man found dead was stabbed 27 times, woman arrested

DENVER (KDVR) — A woman is accused of killing a man found stabbed more than two dozen times, according to police.

Erin Liljander, 22, faces a count of first-degree murder in the man’s killing.

A friend of the 54-year-old man found him dead in his Park Avenue West apartment Tuesday, according to a release from the Denver Police Department.

Investigators learned the man had been dead “for a couple days” before he was found in his unit at Renaissance Riverfront Lofts. The affordable housing building at 3440 Park Ave. West is a Colorado Coalition for the Homeless property.

The man suffered around 27 stab wounds on the back of his head and his left neck, arm,…