Weld County’s coroner on Thursday confirmed that a in Wyoming belonged to a Colorado woman who had been missing since October after her presumed slaying.
Tera Lewandowski’s disappearance was initially called suspicious by police in the town of Ault before the county sheriff’s office said the 34-year-old woman had been killed.
Joey Weiner, chief deputy coroner, declined to release further details on the case, including the cause and manner of death.
“We’re not releasing any of that information,” she said.
Police in connection with Lewandowski’s disappearance and death seven months ago, charging five of them first-degree murder and the sixth with an accessory charge. Investigators believe several of the suspects were tied to a biker gang.
Among those accused was 36-year-old Daniel Meyer, a Pierce town board member who told police during an interrogation that he forced a hunting knife into Lewandowski’s chest after she was hit in the head.
Lewandowski for about a week before she was killed after discovering Meyer was stealing her prescription medicines, officials said.
Anyone with further information about the case is asked to call the Weld County Sheriff’s Office at 970-356-4015 or Northern Colorado Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
