Identified! CO - Boulder Co., WhtFem, 30-50, in canyon, Jun'06 - Angela Wilds

[dsntslp]

Boulder County DA appeals dismissal of 2006 murder case

http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publishe...picId=100020825&docId=l:1339897413&isRss=true

 

[OkieGranny]

From July 2010:

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/suspect-in-murder-case-dismissed

Court records show DNA sampled at the scene and on the victim’s body was a match to John Angerer, a man with a lengthy criminal record in Colorado, including assault, menacing and arson. Angerer was in custody in Alaska on a probation violation and, according to court records, denied ever meeting Wilds.

Court records said witnesses told investigators they had seen the pair together before Wilds died.

But in Monday’s preliminary hearing, a judge dismissed the case.

Angerer's public defender argued that it wasn’t clear Wilds was murdered because the coroner had testified that the cause of death was undetermined and that it could have been a heart attack... Prosecutors had presented a pathologist who had testified that Wilds was most likely asphyxiated, but the judge ruled the findings were not “credible as a matter of law.”

 

[Redwood146]

Dismissing the case without even a trial seems wrong to me.

 

[bflocket]

JPD nabs man who may face Colo. murder charges
Juneau Empire, Juneau AK
8/22/2010

DNA evidence showed Angerer had sex with Wilds within 72 hours of her death, even though he denied to police that he knew her, the newspaper reported. The article also said the Colorado District Attorney's Office submitted testimony from a pathologist stating Wilds' death was homicide by asphyxiation and prosecutor David Cheval stated the crime scene showed a homicide was committed. Wilds' body was found in a shallow grave and the grave contained calcium oxide, commonly known as lime, Cheval said, according to the newspaper.

Colorado public defender Seth Temin used testimony from Boulder County Coroner's Office chief pathologist John Meyer, who stated there was no evidence in the autopsy to conclude homicide, and death could have been due to severe artery blockage causing heart attack, the newspaper reported.

As likely as it may seem... Did the judge really think that she just opened her eyes and saw who she was having sex with and went into into cardiac arrest? The lime?
That's the only way I could see her dying of any kind of heart thing.

And if I ever do anything to get myself into trouble, I want THAT judge! All of this is seriously ridiculous.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said Angela Wilds was murdered 16 years ago in Boulder County. Her case remains unsolved to this day.

On June 4, 2006, hikers discovered a decomposing body a few miles from Lyons in the South Saint Vrain Canyon.
Investigation into death of Angela Wilds (Boulder County Sheriff’s Office)
Deputies and detectives discovered that the female body appeared to have been pulled from a shallow grave by a predator.

Wilds was last seen in April of 2006. The sheriff’s office said she did not have a home or steady employment and essentially lived with friends while frequently sleeping on couches. Investigators interviewed family, friends, and acquaintances of Wilds but we never found out what happened to her.

In 2009, Oehlkers said investigators received information from CBI linking John Angerer to the crime scene through DNA. Angerer was eventually arrested. However, at a hearing a judge determined there was not enough evidence to move forward with a prosecution.

Cold case: Who killed Angela Wilds and buried her in a shallow grave?

There are hundreds of unsolved homicide cases, long-term missing person cases, and unidentified remains cases in Colorado where at least three years have passed since the crime happened

kdvr.com

 

[imstilla.grandma]

An arrest has been made in the murder of 38-year-old Angela Wilds, a woman whose decomposing body was discovered by a pair of hikers in Boulder County in 2006, according to a news release.

Wilds' body was found on June 4, 2006 in South Saint Vrain Canyon, which is located roughly 3.3 miles from Lyons.

"The body appeared to have been dragged from a nearby shallow grave, presumably by a large predator," the release said.

Upon an investigation, deputies also discovered a pair of yellow ski pants, a sleeping bag, and a pillow that were all "neatly" folded nearby.

The body remained unidentified until November of that year, when DNA confirmed that it belonged to Wilds. In 2009, the then 40-year-old John Angerer was connected to the crime scene and the victim, the release said.

Angerer was charged with second degree murder in 2010, but a judge ultimately dismissed the case for lack of probable cause evidence.

Over the last several years, further investigation has turned up new evidence against Angerer. On February 16, 2023, the District Attorney’s Office presented the new case to the grand jury, which ultimately called for a returned indictment for Angerer for Second Degree Murder.

“I am glad that we were able move our investigation into the homicide of Angela Wilds forward. I am proud that our detectives didn’t give up on this cold case, we know Angela’s family has been waiting a long time for this day to come. Her family is in our thoughts as we take the next steps in the judicial process," said Boulder County Sheriff Curtis Johnson in the release.

Murder suspect arrested more than 16 years after hikers find body in Colorado | OutThere Colorado

An arrest has been made in the murder of 38-year-old Angela Wilds, a woman whose decomposing body was discovered by a pair of hikers in Boulder County in 2006, according

www.outtherecolorado.com

 

[TwinkieDefense]

March 13, 2023 article - follow up of @imstilla.grandma above post. Nice detective work to solve this old case.

Suspect whose murder case was dismissed in 2010 has been charged again in connection with Colorado cold case

A man whose murder case was dismissed in 2010 was once again charged with second-degree murder last month in connection with a Colorado cold case.

www.denver7.com

[…]

On Thursday, John Michael Angerer, 53, was arrested in Anchorage, Alaska in connection with the death of Angela Josephine Wilds in 2006. Angerer faces a second-degree murder charge.

This case began on June 4, 2006, when a pair of hikers found Wilds' nude body in the South Saint Vrain Canyon along Highway 7, about 3.3 miles outside of Lyons. Her body was badly decomposing, according to the 20th Judicial District Attorney's Office.

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