Man arrested in Colorado woman’s death says victim hired him

A man arrested in the shooting death of a 19-year-old Colorado woman told investigators she hired him to kill her.

Court records say 22-year-old Joseph McDaniel Lopez said he responded to Natalie Bollinger’s Craigslist ad titled “I want to put a hit on myself.” KMGH-TV reports he described how they exchanged texts, he picked her up and tried to change her mind before shooting her. He said she provided the gun.

Bollinger was found dead Dec. 29, a day after she was reported missing. She was shot in the head and an autopsy found she also had a potentially lethal amount of heroin in her system.

Investigators connected Lopez to the case through text messages the two exchanged on the night she died.

Craigslist officials did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on Saturday.