Boulder prosecutors will not be able to reinstate a second-degree murder charge against a man suspected in the 2006 death of a Longmont woman.
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday denied a request to review a now-retired Boulder County judge’s finding last year that the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office did not have enough evidence to pursue a second-degree murder charge against John Angerer, who was accused of killing his girlfriend, Angela “Angie” Wilds.
“Being a trial lawyer is being in the business of winning and losing and when one loses, it is always satisfying to know that, as in this case, we did everything that could be done to achieve justice,” Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett wrote in note to his staff about the high court’s decision not to review Boulder County Judge Thomas Reed’s ruling.
Wilds’ badly decomposed body was discovered in June 2006 in the South St. Vrain Canyon, but it took investigators until February 2007 to identify her through DNA comparisons.
Wilds’ body had been buried in a shallow grave marked by 13 stones fashioned into an oval, according to court documents. Witnesses told investigators that Wilds was dating Angerer before she disappeared. His DNA was found at the scene on a sleeping bag and pillowcase. It was also collected from her body, according to documents.
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