Posted on 09/19/2006 6:54:27 PM PDT by TFFKAMM
A woman was tied to a vehicle with a rope and dragged through suburban streets in a gruesome crime that left a trail of blood more than a mile long, police said.
Neighbors discovered the woman's body before dawn Monday about 20 miles south of Denver. On Tuesday, sheriff's deputies were still trying to learn her identity.
The victim's face was unrecognizable and an orange tow rope was found around her neck, said Nancy Foley, who lives next door to the house where the body was found.
"I was trying to sleep last night, thinking about how this poor lady was dragged, treated worse than an animal," Foley said. "She was really mangled."
Preliminary autopsy results indicated the woman died of asphyxiation and head injuries from being strangled while dragged by a vehicle, sheriff's spokeswoman Kim Castellano said. Toxicology results could take three weeks.
Castellano said investigators Tuesday detained several witnesses for questioning. No one had been arrested or identified as a possible suspect, she said.
A photo of an unidentified couple was found nearby, but investigators did not know whether it was connected to the death, Castellano said.
Investigators were checking missing-person reports for clues.
Authorities stepped up patrols in the once-quiet neighborhood, and residents were locking their doors at night, Foley said.
"It's a very safe neighborhood, or it has been, anyway," she said.
The blood was cleaned off the paved road, but traces remained, upsetting neighbors.
"We don't want to attract any more attention than what we're already getting. This is our little piece of heaven," Foley said.
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I gotta get out of this state.
Honor Killing?
there is no where left to run to.
One of Hillary's drivers that ran over a security guard up in Westchester a few years ago.
Colorado?
Yeah... you may be right about that.
Barbarous!
OMG, horrible.
RIP Lady.
Yes. I've developed a theory about the lack of sufficient oxygen available here. This story helps bear my theory out.
They can't mention the race?
If it were Paris Hilton, the authorities would have done something. Some hooker, drug addict or both -- so who cares?
If she was black, the NAACP will probably run ads just before the election accusing Bush of dragging a black woman thru the streets.
Colorado is a godless state.
Then there's no choices left but to curl up your toes and die, or turn and fight. Your choice.
Personally I don't think it's quite that bad yet...at least not in Texas. Y'all come.
Apparently they can't tell if she was Paris Hilton, or someone equally psuedo-important.
Boulder is the worst part of this state-"The People's Republic of Boulder" is an awful place. The libs always congregate to and take over the nicest places.
I'm horrified that President Bush let this happen in my country!
/sarcasm
If this poor, precious woman is black, maybe we'll have another political ad from the NAACP in the works!
No mention probably means she was not Black. She could have been so messed up it would be hard to tell the difference between Mestizo and Caucasian. Maybe even between those and AmerIndian, or Arab for that matter.
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