A 19-year-old charged with fatally stabbing his uncle in a dispute over a bottle of hot sauce was acquitted earlier this year in another killing, 9NEWS Investigates has learned.
Denver prosecutors charged George Vigil with second-degree murder in Sunday’s killing at a home in the 2300 block of Federal Boulevard. That occurred after “an argument erupted between family members over the bottle of hot sauce,” according to court documents obtained by 9NEWS.
In the court documents, the trouble started after the uncle – whose identity hasn’t yet been released by the Denver coroner – asked where the hot sauce was. Vigil replied that it was in his room…