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Man arrested in Trinidad on suspicion of strangling Lakewood woman to death

Police found Hilary Engel’s body in her Lakewood home Tuesday

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Lakewood police said a man suspected of strangling a woman to death in her home on Tuesday was arrested at a Trinidad hotel the following day.

Lakewood Police Department
Karl Aaron Bemish

Trinidad police arrested 51-year-old Karl Aaron Bemish on suspicion of killing Hilary Engel, 45, after Engel was found dead in her home in the 2100 block of South Coors Circle around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday.

Bemish will remain at the Las Animas County Jail until he can be transported to Jefferson County, Lakewood police said.

An investigation into the incident is ongoing.

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