More than 19 years after 38-year-old Angela Wilds was found dead in the canyon southwest of Lyons, prosecutors and defense attorneys debated whether the available evidence was enough to convict an Alaska man during Monday’s opening statements.
John Angerer, 56, pleaded not guilty to one count of second-degree murder. Police say he killed 38-year-old Angela Wilds and left her body in South St. Vrain Canyon. Angerer was originally set for a November 2024 trial but was ordered to undergo a competency evaluation after Boulder District Judge Andrew Hartman ruled there was enough evidence that Angerer was incompetent to stand trial.
Angerer was first arrested in connection with Wilds’ murder in 2010 after a four-year investigation. A judge ruled then that there was not enough evidence to hold a trial…