The trial has begun for a man accused of killing a woman in Loveland whose body was found in the Big Thompson River in 2022.
Chantell Wilkes, 49, was found dead in the Big Thompson River near Barnes Park, in the northeast area of Fairgrounds Park, the morning of August 22, 2022. At the time, the Larimer County Coroner’s Office ruled her death a homicide but said her cause of death was still under investigation.
In February 2024, Loveland police arrested Asa Peck, now 47, on suspicion of Wilkes’s death. He has been charged with first-degree murder, a Class 1 felony; sexual assault, a Class 3 felony; and violation of a protection order, a Class 1 misdemeanor…