A former Longmont man sentenced in 2007 to 72 years for a rape in 1996 is being arrested for the 1993 slaying of Tammera Marie Tatum in her Longmont home.
Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett said Monday that an arrest warrant has been issued for Rudy Gaytan, 47, who is serving a sentence for first-degree sexual assault at the Limon Correctional Facility. Gaytan has been a suspect for several years in Tatum’s murder.
Garnett said the Longmont Police Department began investigating Tatum’s murder May 1, 1993, after her body was found in her apartment.
He credited Detective Bruce Vaughan of the Longmont department, who was the lead investigator in 1993, for working “diligently” for years to solve the case.
Cmdr. Tim Lewis said a DNA sample linked Gaytan to the Tatum killing. Howard Pankratz, The Denver Post
