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Denver woman, 61, raped, left for dead
12/21/2007
Willie Trimble is being held on $150,000 bond in the death of Judith Pyle.
She gave police a description of her attacker, and investigators linked DNA
evidence to Trimble, who was on parole. He s due in court Monday. A Denver
man was charged with murder Thursday in the rape of a 61-year-old woman who
was left outside on the coldest night of the season and later died.
Residents who heard Judith Pyle's cries for help in the early-morning hours
of Dec. 9 called police, who found her behind a Dumpster in an alley at East
35th Avenue and Clayton Street.
Pyle, whose poor health hindered movement, had been beaten and was unable to
pull herself off the ground, or even put on her coat and pull up her pants -
her belt and one of her boots also had been removed.
She had been out in the cold for about two hours before being found,
according to an arrest affidavit, and died about four hours later at Denver
Health Medical Center.
Temperatures at Denver International Airport dipped to zero that day,
according to the National Weather Service.
Pyle gave a description of her attacker to a police officer, and police
investigators were able to link DNA evidence to 45-year-old Willie Trimble,
who was arrested this week for violating his parole, authorities said.
"He was on parole, and he would have been required to give his DNA sample as
a requirement of parole," DA's spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough said.
"It certainly is the combination of the description she provided to the
first officer and the DNA evidence linked to Mr. Trimble."
Trimble will also face two counts of sexual assault.
Pyle told police she was going home from work and had just gotten off an RTD
bus at Bruce Randolph Avenue and Clayton when she was attacked. She said a
male, who appeared to be about 50 years old and wearing a tan coat, followed
her and dragged her into the alley where he raped her, the affidavit states.
She died at Denver Health Medical Center about four hours after she was
found, the affidavit states.An autopsy determined her death was caused by
hypothermia due to exposure to the elements.
Pyle lived with her son, who told investigators his mother worked two jobs
and was in bad health. Her poor health hindered her to the point she
couldn't take baths because she was unable to lift herself out of a tub,
police said.
Pyle's son could not be reached for comment Thursday.
Investigators determined that Pyle had taken an RTD bus home from work that
night, and they reviewed surveillance footage that showed the bus had to be
hydraulically lowered so that she could get in and out.
Pyle had gotten off the bus around midnight a block away from where she was
attacked, police said.
On Monday, police linked DNA evidence to Trimble, who also matched Pyle's
description of the attacker, authorities said.
Trimble remained in custody Thursday in Denver County Jail. His bond was set
at $150,000, and he is scheduled to appear in court Monday, Kimbrough said.
According to Colorado Bureau of Investigation records, Trimble has a long
history of arrests, including one in 1980 for sex assault. He was never
convicted of that charge, but later served prison sentences for felony
escape and drug charges, CBI records show.
Last year, he was sent to prison for attempted escape following numerous
arrests on drug, burglary and domestic violence charges, CBI records show.
Denver woman, 61, raped, left for dead
12/21/2007
Willie Trimble is being held on $150,000 bond in the death of Judith Pyle.
She gave police a description of her attacker, and investigators linked DNA
evidence to Trimble, who was on parole. He s due in court Monday. A Denver
man was charged with murder Thursday in the rape of a 61-year-old woman who
was left outside on the coldest night of the season and later died.
Residents who heard Judith Pyle's cries for help in the early-morning hours
of Dec. 9 called police, who found her behind a Dumpster in an alley at East
35th Avenue and Clayton Street.
Pyle, whose poor health hindered movement, had been beaten and was unable to
pull herself off the ground, or even put on her coat and pull up her pants -
her belt and one of her boots also had been removed.
She had been out in the cold for about two hours before being found,
according to an arrest affidavit, and died about four hours later at Denver
Health Medical Center.
Temperatures at Denver International Airport dipped to zero that day,
according to the National Weather Service.
Pyle gave a description of her attacker to a police officer, and police
investigators were able to link DNA evidence to 45-year-old Willie Trimble,
who was arrested this week for violating his parole, authorities said.
"He was on parole, and he would have been required to give his DNA sample as
a requirement of parole," DA's spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough said.
"It certainly is the combination of the description she provided to the
first officer and the DNA evidence linked to Mr. Trimble."
Trimble will also face two counts of sexual assault.
Pyle told police she was going home from work and had just gotten off an RTD
bus at Bruce Randolph Avenue and Clayton when she was attacked. She said a
male, who appeared to be about 50 years old and wearing a tan coat, followed
her and dragged her into the alley where he raped her, the affidavit states.
She died at Denver Health Medical Center about four hours after she was
found, the affidavit states.An autopsy determined her death was caused by
hypothermia due to exposure to the elements.
Pyle lived with her son, who told investigators his mother worked two jobs
and was in bad health. Her poor health hindered her to the point she
couldn't take baths because she was unable to lift herself out of a tub,
police said.
Pyle's son could not be reached for comment Thursday.
Investigators determined that Pyle had taken an RTD bus home from work that
night, and they reviewed surveillance footage that showed the bus had to be
hydraulically lowered so that she could get in and out.
Pyle had gotten off the bus around midnight a block away from where she was
attacked, police said.
On Monday, police linked DNA evidence to Trimble, who also matched Pyle's
description of the attacker, authorities said.
Trimble remained in custody Thursday in Denver County Jail. His bond was set
at $150,000, and he is scheduled to appear in court Monday, Kimbrough said.
According to Colorado Bureau of Investigation records, Trimble has a long
history of arrests, including one in 1980 for sex assault. He was never
convicted of that charge, but later served prison sentences for felony
escape and drug charges, CBI records show.
Last year, he was sent to prison for attempted escape following numerous
arrests on drug, burglary and domestic violence charges, CBI records show.
