Collin Daniel Richards, arrested for the first-degree murder of Celia Barquín Arozamena, has a violent criminal history, court records reveal. Richards is currently being held on a $5 million cash bond at the Story County Jail awaiting a preliminary hearing on Sept. 28.

What we know about the investigation:

• Richards had been camping near Coldwater Golf Links near the “dead end of South Maple Avenue in the 600 Block.”
• An acquaintance Richards had camped with alleges the suspect “made a statement to the effect of having an urge to rape and kill a woman.”
• When the acquaintance, identified in a criminal complaint as “D.B.” first encountered police near the scene, he “made a statement to the effect ‘what did he do to her?’”
• Police said Barquín Arozamena suffered stab wounds to the upper torso, head and neck. A knife was recovered that had been in the possession of Richards.
• Richards was in possession of a backpack containing two pairs of shorts that tested positive for blood, police said.
• Richards was observed to have fresh scratches on his face consistent with fighting, and he “attempted to conceal a deep laceration in his left hand, which he attempted to bury in the ground.”
• Richards was arrested late Monday and booked into the Story County Jail early Tuesday morning.

What we know about Richards’ criminal history:

• Richards pleaded guilty to first offense first-degree domestic abuse assault in September 2015 from an incident that occurred on May 31, 2015. Richards was sentenced to a suspended sentence of 60 days in jail, one year of probation and $315 fine.
• Richards pleaded guilty to first-degree harassment in January 2017. Richards was sentenced to completion of an anger management program, two years of probation, a 90-day suspended jail sentence and a $625 fine.
• Richards pleaded guilty to third-degree attempted burglary and third-degree theft in January 2017 and was given a suspended sentence of two years in prison, two years of probation and a fine of $625.