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BOULDER, Colo.—A trial in the 1997 rape and slaying of a University of Colorado student from Connecticut is getting under way.
Opening statements are scheduled Friday in Boulder County District Court the case of Diego Olmos Alcalde. He’s charged with murder, rape and kidnapping in the death of 23-year-old Susannah Chase of Stamford, Conn.
Chase was found severely beaten in a Boulder alley on Dec. 21, 1997. Olmos Alcalde, a native of Chile, was arrested in January 2008 based on a DNA sample that was taken from him after a conviction in Wyoming for kidnapping.
A panel of 12 jurors and four alternates was seated Thursday after four days of jury selection.
