OLDEN, Colo. -- A grand jury has indicted two men and a woman in the murder of an Edgewater woman whose body was found wrapped in plastic and buried next to Highway 6 in Clear Creek Canyon in 2003.
Daniel DeWild, 39, his identical twin brother David DeWild, and Mary Roseanne DeWild, 50, face charges of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit first degree murder for the death of Heather DeWild, 30.
All three were taken into custody Wednesday morning and are being held on $1 million cash bond.
Heather DeWild was in the process of divorcing Daniel DeWild when, according to prosecutors, she visited her estranged husband’s home in Edgewater on July 24, 2003.
Daniel DeWild lived there with his brother David and Mary, David’s live-in girlfriend at the time.
Daniel allegedly created a "ruse" in order to get Heather to come to his home knowing that she would bring their two young children, who were ages three and five at the time, with her, said Jefferson County District Attorney's Office spokeswoman Pam Russell.
According to the indictment, DeWild's son told investigators that Daniel DeWild was "sneaking up on her [Heather DeWild’s] back" during their visit.
"The male child also told police he didn’t “know what they [Heather and Daniel DeWild] were fighting for," the indictment states.
(READ THE ENTIRE DEWILD INDICTMENT)
The two children remained at the residence until they were picked up later in the evening by Heather DeWild’s mother.
Their final divorce hearing was scheduled for the following week.
On September 4, 2003, Heather DeWild's badly decomposed body was found in a shallow grave along westbound Highway 6.
“Heather’s neck and wrist were loosely bound with rope,” said Russell. “Her body was wrapped in trash bags and secured by duct tape.”
She was wearing the same clothing that she wore on the day she visited her estranged husband, the DA’s office said.
"Solving this homicide has been my priority since I took office in 2005,” said Jefferson County District Attorney Scott Storey. “Homicide cases become much more difficult to solve with the passage of time. The tenacity of our investigators allowed us to take this to the grand jury. We are pleased that they have returned this indictment.”
All three suspects will appear in court Thursday morning.
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