GUILTY CO - Sylvia Quayle, 34, murdered, Cherry Hills Village, 4 Aug 1981 *ARREST in 2021*

[Niner]

David Dwayne Anderson and Sylvia Quayle are seen in images released by the Cherry Hills Village, Colo. Police Department

Feb. 25, 2021

Colorado authorities have arrested a now-62-year-old man in a cold case murder.

Officials announced Thursday that David Dwayne Anderson, of Cozad, Neb., is accused of killing then-34-year-old Sylvia Quayle in Cherry Hills Village, Colo., a wealthy suburb south of Denver, on Aug. 4, 1981.

[...]

United Data Connect uploaded sequenced DNA from the crime scene to two websites: Family Tree DNA and GEDmatch.

“This tree that we used had over 3,300 people, so it was extensive background work,” Morrissey said. “A cousin or sorts” cooperated and authorities and provided his or her DNA to help narrow down the list of suspects; that cooperation “eliminated an entire line of people” in the string of individuals connected to the DNA police recovered from the scene.

[...]

After narrowing down the list of suspects and focusing on Anderson, authorities went dumpster diving. They surveilled Anderson at his rural Nebraska apartment in Cozad, a town on interstate highways leading directly to Denver, and dug through bags of trash in a nearby dumpster. Several bags contained bills addressed to Anderson. They knew those bags must be his.

The most promising items for DNA collection inside those trash cans included a can of Vanilla Coke, a water bottle, a bottle of rum, and a bottle of beer. The can of soda was enough.

DNA recovered from the can of Vanilla Coke matched “multiple items of evidence recovered from Sylvia Quayle’s body and residence,” the court documents say.

United Data Connect also uncovered documentation which places Anderson in Colorado locations near the murder scene both before and after the killing.

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/four-...2-year-old-suspect-in-brutal-colorado-murder/


I have looked in the Arapahoe County court site - but he is not there yet. Could still be in Nebraska.

 

[Niner]

Found another article

DNA From Vanilla Coke Can Cracks 1981 Colorado Murder

Feb. 25, 2021
Colorado police say they have cracked the brutal 1981 murder of a wedding-cake baker through DNA found on a discarded Vanilla Coke can. David Dwayne Anderson, 62, is accused of breaking into Sylvia Quayle’s home and sexually assaulting, strangling, and stabbing her to death four decades ago, 9 News reports. Genetic material collected from the crime scene did not turn up a suspect at the time, but a year ago, investigators from a company working with police used new genealogical sleuthing techniques and DNA databases to come up with a name and address.
[.....]
According to an arrest affidavit, she spoke with her younger sister around 11 p.m. on Aug. 3 and was found dead by her father who lived nearby shortly before 8 a.m. on Aug. 4 inside her home in the 3800 block of S. Ogden Street.
[.....]
CHVPD requested an arrest warrant for Anderson who was later arrested on Feb. 10 in Nebraska.

According to online court records, Anderson waived extradition. He appeared in court in Dawson County, located in west-central Nebraska, Wednesday morning. Police arrested him Feb. 10 near Cozad, a town of about 3,800 people in west-central Nebraska.
[.....]
He'll be prosecuted under laws that were in place in 1981 which is when the crime occurred, according to District Attorney John Kellner. That means if convicted of a first-degree murder charge Anderson would be sentenced to life in prison, but with the chance for parole after 20 years. Current laws do not allow for parole.

 

[Legally Bland]

Ottis Toole (sidekick of Henry Lee Lucas) confessed to this in the 80's but was ruled out by DNA.
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In October 1983, Whiteside had interviewed Ottis Toole in Florida. Toole confessed to the murder of 34-year-old Sylvia Mae Quayle, who was shot and then stabbed to death in the bedroom of her Cherry Hills Village home in 1981.

"The first thing he said to me when I walked in was, 'Oh, you're here from Colorado about that woman I shot through her bedroom window,'" Whiteside remembers. Based on the confession, Arapahoe County officials charged Toole with first-degree murder in April 1983.

...

Arapahoe County dropped its charges against Toole and reopened the Sylvia Mae Quayle case in 1993 after DNA testing showed that Toole couldn't have committed the murder.

Ghost Story

 

[Legally Bland]

Colorado Bureau of Investigation cold case page for Sylvia:
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Sylvia Mae Quayle
Case Details
Case Type: Homicide

Height: 5' 6"

Case Status: OPEN

Weight: 150 lbs

Aliases:

Identifying Marks:

Incident Date: 08/04/1981

Occupation:

Agency: Cherry Hills Village Police Department

City: Cherry Hills Village

Date of Birth: 09/23/1946

County: Arapahoe

Date of Death: 08/04/1981

Agency Case #: 81-2391

Age: 35

Judicial District: 18th Judicial District

Gender: Female

Year Solved:

Race: Caucasian

NamUs Case #: Unknown

Eyes: Blue

NCMEC Case #: Unknown

Hair: Blond/Strawberry

About this Case:
On August 4, 1981, family members of Sylvia Quayle discovered her unresponsive at her residence. Further investigation revealed Sylvia Quayle's death was due to unnatural means. The suspect(s) responsible for the death of Sylvia Quayle have yet to be identified. Anyone with information regarding this case, is asked to please contact the Cherry Hills Village Police Department.

If you have any information about this case, please contact:
Cherry Hills Village Police Department

Cherry Hills Village

Colorado


Colorado Cold Case Files - Case Detail: Sylvia Quayle

 

[Niner]

In the above - it says her age is/was 35 - but she got murdered in August, before her birthday in September....

 

[Niner]

We have a court date!

Date Len Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
3/8/21
8:15 AM 1Hr ANDERSON, DAVID Rtrn Filing of Charges D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

link: Seventh Judicial District » Docket Search

 

[Niner]

Monday, March 8th:
*Return Filing of Charges Hearing (@ 8:15am MT) - CO – Sylvia Mae Quayle (35) (found murdered on Aug. 4, 1981, Cherry Hills Village, so. of Denver) - *David Dwayne Anderson (21 @ time of crime/62) arrested & charged (2/10/21) with 1 count of 1st degree murder (after deliberation) & 1 count of 1st degree murder (felony murder). Arrested in Cozad, NE & waived extradition to CO.
Sylvia Quayle was declared deceased by Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office Coroner Dr. J. Wood at approximately 8:54am on August 4th, 1981. She had been shot with one .22 caliber bullet in the top of her head, stabbed three times in her upper back on both the left & right sides, had visual evidence of having been strangled, and was likely sexually assaulted. Worked with The United Data Connect a genetic genealogy company. United Data Connect uploaded sequenced DNA from the crime scene to two websites: Family Tree DNA and GEDmatch. DNA recovered from the can of Vanilla Coke matched multiple items of evidence recovered from Sylvia’s body & residence.
He'll be prosecuted under laws that were in place in 1981 which is when the crime occurred, according to District Attorney John Kellner. That means if convicted of a first-degree murder charge Anderson would be sentenced to life in prison, but with the chance for parole after 20 years. Current laws do not allow for parole.
2/10/21 Update: Anderson has been held in the Dawson County Jail since being taken into custody on February 10th. At a hearing on Wednesday in Dawson County Court, Anderson waived his extradition to be returned to Colorado to face the charge. Return filing of charges hearing on 3/8/21.

 

[Niner]

Looks like hearing was rescheduled.

Date Len Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
3/11/21
8:30 AM 1Hr ANDERSON, DAVID Rtrn Filing of Charges D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

link: Seventh Judicial District » Docket Search

 

[Niner]

Thursday, March 11th:
*Return Filing of Charges Hearing (@ 8:30am MT) - CO – Sylvia Mae Quayle (35) (found murdered on Aug. 4, 1981, Cherry Hills Village, so. of Denver) - *David Dwayne Anderson (21 @ time of crime/62) arrested & charged (2/10/21) with 1 count of 1st degree murder (after deliberation) & 1 count of 1st degree murder (felony murder). Arrested in Cozad, NE & waived extradition to CO.
Sylvia Quayle was declared deceased by Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office Coroner Dr. J. Wood at approximately 8:54am on August 4th, 1981. She had been shot with one .22 caliber bullet in the top of her head, stabbed three times in her upper back on both the left & right sides, had visual evidence of having been strangled, and was likely sexually assaulted. Worked with The United Data Connect a genetic genealogy company. United Data Connect uploaded sequenced DNA from the crime scene to two websites: Family Tree DNA and GEDmatch. DNA recovered from the can of Vanilla Coke matched multiple items of evidence recovered from Sylvia’s body & residence.
He'll be prosecuted under laws that were in place in 1981 which is when the crime occurred, according to District Attorney John Kellner. That means if convicted of a first-degree murder charge Anderson would be sentenced to life in prison, but with the chance for parole after 20 years. Current laws do not allow for parole.
2/10/21 Update: Anderson has been held in the Dawson County Jail since being taken into custody on February 10th. At a hearing on Wednesday in Dawson County Court, Anderson waived his extradition to be returned to Colorado to face the charge. Return filing of charges hearing on 3/8/21. 3/8/21 Update: Hearing was rescheduled on 3/11/21.

 

[Niner]

for Williams - didn't realize his hearing was on 3/10 instead of 3/11....

03/10/2021 Status/Jury Trial (11:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Henry, William R)
Result: Reset

05/20/2021 Status/Jury Trial (11:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Henry, William R)


link: http://public.co.hays.tx.us/CaseDetail.aspx?CaseID=13069764

 

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Date Len Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
3/22/21
8:30 AM 1Hr ANDERSON, DAVID Preliminary Demand D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

link: Seventh Judicial District » Docket Search

 

[Owutatangledweb]

David Dwayne Anderson and Sylvia Quayle are seen in images released by the Cherry Hills Village, Colo. Police Department

Feb. 25, 2021

Colorado authorities have arrested a now-62-year-old man in a cold case murder.

Officials announced Thursday that David Dwayne Anderson, of Cozad, Neb., is accused of killing then-34-year-old Sylvia Quayle in Cherry Hills Village, Colo., a wealthy suburb south of Denver, on Aug. 4, 1981.

[...]

United Data Connect uploaded sequenced DNA from the crime scene to two websites: Family Tree DNA and GEDmatch.

“This tree that we used had over 3,300 people, so it was extensive background work,” Morrissey said. “A cousin or sorts” cooperated and authorities and provided his or her DNA to help narrow down the list of suspects; that cooperation “eliminated an entire line of people” in the string of individuals connected to the DNA police recovered from the scene.

[...]

After narrowing down the list of suspects and focusing on Anderson, authorities went dumpster diving. They surveilled Anderson at his rural Nebraska apartment in Cozad, a town on interstate highways leading directly to Denver, and dug through bags of trash in a nearby dumpster. Several bags contained bills addressed to Anderson. They knew those bags must be his.

The most promising items for DNA collection inside those trash cans included a can of Vanilla Coke, a water bottle, a bottle of rum, and a bottle of beer. The can of soda was enough.

DNA recovered from the can of Vanilla Coke matched “multiple items of evidence recovered from Sylvia Quayle’s body and residence,” the court documents say.

United Data Connect also uncovered documentation which places Anderson in Colorado locations near the murder scene both before and after the killing.

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/four-...2-year-old-suspect-in-brutal-colorado-murder/


I have looked in the Arapahoe County court site - but he is not there yet. Could still be in Nebraska.

Does anyone know what United Data Collect is? Never heard of that.

 

[Suglo]

Does anyone know what United Data Collect is? Never heard of that.

I think they meant United Data Connect. Here’s the link:

https://www.uniteddataconnect.com/home

 

[Niner]

Mnday, March 22nd:
*Preliminary Demand Hearing (@ 8:30am MT) - CO – Sylvia Mae Quayle (35) (found murdered on Aug. 4, 1981, Cherry Hills Village, so. of Denver) - *David Dwayne Anderson (21 @ time of crime/62) arrested & charged (2/10/21) with 1 count of 1st degree murder (after deliberation) & 1 count of 1st degree murder (felony murder). Arrested in Cozad, NE & waived extradition to CO.
Murder info & other crimes & court info from 2/10/21 reference post #9 here:
CO - Sylvia Quayle, 34 found murdered, Cherry Hills Village, 4 Aug 1981 *ARREST in 2021*
3/8/21 Update: Return filing of charges hearing was rescheduled on 3/11/21. 3/11/21 Update: Next preliminary demand hearing on 3/22/21.

 

[Niner]

Looks like the hearing was rescheduled.


Date Len Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
4/23/21
10:30 AM 1Hr ANDERSON, DAVID Preliminary Demand D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

link: Seventh Judicial District » Docket Search

 

[Niner]

Friday, April 23rd:
*Preliminary Demand Hearing (@ 10:30am MT) - CO – Sylvia Mae Quayle (35) (found murdered on Aug. 4, 1981, Cherry *Hills Village, so. of Denver) - *David Dwayne Anderson (21 @ time of crime/62) arrested & charged (2/10/21) with 1 count of 1st degree murder (after deliberation) & 1 count of 1st degree murder (felony murder). Arrested in Cozad, NE & waived extradition to CO.
Murder info & other crimes & court info from 2/10/21 reference post #9 here:
CO - Sylvia Quayle, 34 found murdered, Cherry Hills Village, 4 Aug 1981 *ARREST in 2021*
3/8/21 Update: Return filing of charges hearing was rescheduled on 3/11/21. 3/11/21 Update: Next preliminary demand hearing on 3/22/21. 3/22/21 Update: Hearing was rescheduled to 4/23/21.

 

[Niner]

7/19/21
8:30 AM 1Hr ANDERSON, DAVID Preliminary Hearing D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

link: Seventh Judicial District » Docket Search

 

[Niner]

Monday, July 19th:
*Preliminary Hearing (@ 8:30am MT) - CO – Sylvia Mae Quayle (35) (found murdered on Aug. 4, 1981, Cherry Hills Village, so. of Denver) - *David Dwayne Anderson (21 @ time of crime/62) arrested & charged (2/10/21) with 1 count of 1st degree murder (after deliberation) & 1 count of 1st degree murder (felony murder). Arrested in Cozad, NE & waived extradition to CO.
Murder info & other crimes & court info from 2/10/21 reference post #9 here:
CO - Sylvia Quayle, 34 found murdered, Cherry Hills Village, 4 Aug 1981 *ARREST in 2021*
3/8/21 Update: Return filing of charges hearing was rescheduled on 3/11/21. 3/11/21 Update: Next preliminary demand hearing on 3/22/21. 3/22/21 Update: Hearing was rescheduled to 4/23/21. 4/23/21 Update: Next preliminary hearing on 7/19/21.

 

[Niner]

9/24/21
11:00 AM 1Hr ANDERSON, DAVID Arraignment D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

link: Seventh Judicial District » Docket Search

 

[Niner]

Friday, September 24th:
*Arraignment Hearing (@ 11am MT) - CO – Sylvia Mae Quayle (35) (found murdered on Aug. 4, 1981, Cherry Hills Village, so. of Denver) - *David Dwayne Anderson (21 @ time of crime/62) arrested & charged (2/10/21) with 1 count of 1st degree murder (after deliberation) & 1 count of 1st degree murder (felony murder). Arrested in Cozad, NE & waived extradition to CO.
Murder info & other crimes & court info from 3/22/21 reference post #18 here:
CO - Sylvia Quayle, 34 found murdered, Cherry Hills Village, 4 Aug 1981 *ARREST in 2021*
4/23/21 Update: Next preliminary hearing on 7/19/21. 7/19/21 Update: Bound over for trial. Next arraignment hearing on 9/24/21.