Judge hands down 60 years to man accused of Greeley murder in 2020

Published on October 02, 2025

GREELEY, Colo. (Weld County D.A.) – A Weld County man will spend the next six decades in prison for his role in a 2020 murder.

On Friday, Weld County District Court Judge Vincente Vigil sentenced 30-year-old Marquise Daniels to 60 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections.

Daniels pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated robbery for the December 2020 killing of 27-year-old Blaire McQueen.

Investigators determined that Daniels and his co-defendant, McKenzie Prader, broke into McQueen’s Greeley home on December 18, 2020, in retaliation for stolen property.

During the burglary, Daniels shot and killed McQueen before fleeing with a lockbox and McQueen’s revolver.

Judge Vigil sentenced Daniels to 48 years for the murder and 12 years for the aggravated robbery.

Prader pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery, first-degree assault with a deadly weapon, and accessory to a Class 1 felony. She was sentenced in April 2024 to 25 years in prison.

In a separate case, Daniels also pleaded guilty to charges related to conspiracy to smuggle methamphetamine and fentanyl into the Weld County Jail in 2023.

He was sentenced to 12 years for two counts of introducing contraband and two counts of conspiracy to distribute drugs. That sentence will run concurrently with the 60-year prison term.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Michael Pirraglia and Deputy District Attorney Timothy McCormack prosecuted these cases.