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

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  • #41
Niner said:
DavidAnderson.jpg

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.

Four Decades After the Crime, DNA Leads to 62-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.
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The Trial has started: Cherry Hills Village cold case: Trial for 1981 killing begins | 9news.com
 
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  • #43
Date Len Appearance Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
3/7/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

3/8/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

link: Colorado Judicial Branch - Court Docket Search
 
  • #44
Monday, March 7th:
*Trial continues (Day 6) (@ 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/now 63) arrested & charged (2/10/21) & arraigned (9/24/21) 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.
Trial began on 2/25/22 (thru 3/8/22).
Murder info & other crimes & court info from 3/22/21 to 2/18/22 & Trial Day 1-4 (2/25/22-3/2/22) reference post #40 here:
CO - Sylvia Quayle, 34, found murdered, Cherry Hills Village, 4 Aug 1981 *ARREST in 2021*
3/3/22 Thursday, Trial Day 5: No info available. Trial continues on Monday, 3/7/22.
 
  • #45
  • #46
Not finding ANYTHING on this case - just coming up with old articles from 2021. And 3/8/22 is the last day on the court site. So I am "guessing" that the jury is deliberating??!!

Tuesday, March 8th:
*Trial continues (Day 7)-VERDICT WATCH (Day 2)?? (@ 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/now 63) arrested & charged (2/10/21) & arraigned (9/24/21) 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.
Trial began on 2/25/22 (thru 3/8/22).
Murder info & other crimes & court info from 3/22/21 to 2/18/22 & Trial Day 1-4 (2/25/22 to 3/2/22) reference post #40 here:
CO - Sylvia Quayle, 34, found murdered, Cherry Hills Village, 4 Aug 1981 *ARREST in 2021*
3/3/22 Thursday, Trial Day 5: No info available. Trial continues on Monday, 3/7/22.
3/7/22 Monday, Trial Day 6: No info available. Jury deliberations?? Trial continues & ends on 3/8/22.
 
  • #47
Looks like it might be a hung jury - but I can't access this link & my Outline link is on the fritz... :(

Cherry Hills Village cold case: Trial ends in hung jury | 9news.com

I do see in the summary that a new trial is set for June.

and he is no longer in the court site as of today.

TIA if someone can post a 10% synopsis on this article! :)
 
  • #48
Well - it looks like it is a "hung jury" - new trial dates in the court site.


Date Len Appearance Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
6/24/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

6/27/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

6/28/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

6/29/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

6/30/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

7/1/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

link: Colorado Judicial Branch - Court Docket Search
 
  • #49
Update!

Tuesday, March 8th:
*Trial continues (Day 6)-VERDICT Reached! Sort of (@ 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/now 63) arrested & charged (2/10/21) & arraigned (9/24/21) 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.
Trial began on 2/25/22 & ended 3/8/22 with a hung jury. Re-Trial starts on 6/24/22 with jury selection & trial starts on 6/29/22 (thru 7/1/22).
Murder info & other crimes & court info from 3/22/21 to 2/18/22 & Trial Day 1-4 (2/25/22-3/2/22) reference post #40 here:
CO - Sylvia Quayle, 34, found murdered, Cherry Hills Village, 4 Aug 1981 *ARREST in 2021*
3/3/22 Thursday, Trial Day 5: No info available. Trial continues on Monday, 3/7/22.
3/7/22 Monday, Trial Day 6: No info available. Jury deliberations. Trial ends with a hung jury on 3/8/22.
3/8/22 Update: Re trial date is set for 6/24/22 with jury selection & trial starts on 6/29 thru 7/1/22.
 
  • #50
Here's an article on the mistrial

Mistrial declared in Arapahoe County woman's killing

March 9, 2022
A jury could not reach a verdict in the trial of a man accused of killing a Cherry Hills Village woman in 1981, leading to a mistrial, according to court records.
[.....]
According to Denver Gazette news partner 9News, Anderson will go to trial again June 26.
[.....]
But Anderson’s defense attorneys said in opening statements that investigators ignored Quayle's abusive boyfriend as a suspect, who had just a few years earlier savagely beaten and raped her in the same way she was assaulted the night of her death, and a man Quayle herself told family would be the culprit if anything happened to her.

But when a relative of Quayle’s told Cherry Hills police soon after Quayle's death that her boyfriend, Pete Romaine, might have been responsible, they didn’t consider him as a suspect, Anderson’s defense attorneys argued in opening statements.

Prosecutors’ case depended heavily on forensic evidence, given that there weren’t direct witnesses who saw or heard the attack.
[.....]
Anderson agreed to an interview, prosecutors said, and claimed he did not know Quayle nor how his DNA ended up at the scene of her death. But his defense attorneys suggested in opening statements that Quayle and Anderson had consensual sex.

eta - just noticed that this article says trial starts 6/26 - which is contrary to what the court site says... court site doesn't even have 6/26 on their schedule...
 
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Date Len Appearance Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
6/17/22
8:30 AM 1Hr ANDERSON, DAVID Pre-Trial Readiness Conference D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

6/24/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

6/27/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

6/28/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

6/29/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

6/30/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

7/1/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

link: Colorado Judicial Branch - Court Docket Search
 
  • #52
Friday, June 17th:
*Pretrial Readiness Conference 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/now 63) arrested & charged (2/10/21) & arraigned (9/24/21) 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.
Trial began on 2/25/22 & ended 3/8/22 with a hung jury. Re-Trial starts on 6/24/22 with jury selection & trial starts on 6/27/22 (thru 7/1/22).
United Data Connect worked with Colorado BI Dept. with genetic genealogy testing/DNA Match.
Murder info & other crimes & court info from 3/22/21 to 2/18/22 & Trial Day 1-7 (2/25/22-3/8/22) reference post #49 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...llage-4-aug-1981-arrest-in-2021.560937/page-3
3/9/22 Update: Re trial date is set for 6/24/22 with jury selection & trial starts on 6/27 thru 7/1/22. Next pretrial readiness conference on 6/17/22.
 
  • #53
Date Len Appearance Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
6/24/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

6/27/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

6/28/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

6/29/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

6/30/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

7/1/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

link: Colorado Judicial Branch - Court Docket Search
 
  • #54
Friday, June 24th:
*Trial set to begin with Jury Selection (@ 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/now 63) arrested & charged (2/10/21) & arraigned (9/24/21) 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.
Trial began on 2/25/22 & ended 3/8/22 with a hung jury.
Re-Trial starts on 6/24/22 with jury selection & trial starts on 6/27/22 (thru 7/1/22).
United Data Connect worked with Colorado BI Dept. with genetic genealogy testing/DNA Match.
Murder info & other crimes & court info from 3/22/21 to 2/18/22 & Trial Day 1-7 (2/25/22-3/8/22) reference post #49 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...llage-4-aug-1981-arrest-in-2021.560937/page-3
3/9/22 Update: Re trial date is set for 6/24/22 with jury selection & trial starts on 6/27 thru 7/1/22. Next pretrial readiness conference on 6/17/22. 6/17/22 Update: Next trial set to begin with jury selection on 6/24/22 & trial on 6/27/22 thru 7/1/22.
 
  • #55
Of course I'm not coming up with any current articles on this case.

Anyone in the U.S. or local - anything in the news about jury selection?

TIA! :)
 
  • #56
Couldn't find any current articles, but the court site shows trial is on.

Monday, June 27th:
*Trial continues (Day 1) (@ 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/now 63) arrested & charged (2/10/21) & arraigned (9/24/21) 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.
Trial began on 2/25/22 & ended 3/8/22 with a hung jury.
Re-Trial starts on 6/24/22 with jury selection & trial starts on 6/27/22 (thru 7/1/22).
United Data Connect worked with Colorado BI Dept. with genetic genealogy testing/DNA Match.
Murder info & other crimes & court info from 3/22/21 to 2/18/22 & Trial Day 1-7 (2/25/22-3/8/22) & 3/9/22 thru 6/17/22 reference post #54 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...llage-4-aug-1981-arrest-in-2021.560937/page-3
6/24/22 Friday, Trial Day 1 of jury selection: Jury picked?? Going to “assume” jury was selected. Trial begins on 6/27/22.
 
  • #57
Date Len Appearance Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
6/28/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

6/29/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

6/30/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

7/1/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

link: https://www.courts.state.co.us/dockets/index.cfm#results

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  • #58
and of course I am not finding ANYTHING about this case...


Tuesday, June 28th:
*Trial continues (Day 2) (@ 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/now 63) arrested & charged (2/10/21) & arraigned (9/24/21) 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.
Trial began on 2/25/22 & ended 3/8/22 with a hung jury.
Re-Trial starts on 6/24/22 with jury selection & trial started on 6/27/22 (thru 7/1/22).
United Data Connect worked with Colorado BI Dept. with genetic genealogy testing/DNA Match.
Murder info & other crimes & court info from 3/22/21 to 2/18/22 & Trial Day 1-7 (2/25/22-3/8/22) & 3/9/22 thru 6/17/22 & Trial Day 1 (6/24/22) reference post #56 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...llage-4-aug-1981-arrest-in-2021.560937/page-3
6/27/22 Monday, Trial Day 1: No info available. Trial continues on 6/28/22.
 
  • #59
Wednesday, June 29th:
*Trial continues (Day 3) (@ 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/now 63) arrested & charged (2/10/21) & arraigned (9/24/21) 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.
Trial began on 2/25/22 & ended 3/8/22 with a hung jury.
Re-Trial starts on 6/24/22 with jury selection & trial started on 6/27/22 (thru 7/1/22).
United Data Connect worked with Colorado BI Dept. with genetic genealogy testing/DNA Match.
Murder info & other crimes & court info from 3/22/21 to 2/18/22 & Trial Day 1-7 (2/25/22-3/8/22) & 3/9/22 thru 6/17/22 & Trial Day 1-Jury Selection (6/24/22) reference post #56 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...llage-4-aug-1981-arrest-in-2021.560937/page-3
6/27/22 Monday, Trial Day 1: No info available. Trial continues on 6/28/22.
6/28/22 Tuesday, Trial Day 2: No info available. Trial continues on 6/29/22.
 
  • #60
Still not finding anything on this trial...


Date Len Appearance Name Hearing Type Case # Location Division
6/30/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

7/1/22
8:30 AM 1D ANDERSON, DAVID Jury Trial D32021CR314 Arapahoe County Div. 206

link: Colorado Judicial Branch - Court Docket Search
 
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