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Family reported her missing last OctoberBy Ancel Martinez/Gazette TelegraphThe body of a woman found in eastern El Paso County last month by low-flying pilots was identified as that of a Colorado Springs woman, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday.The woman, Karen D.Aguilera, of 1551 Chadwick Drive, was 23 years old when she disappeared September 17,1987. Her body was identified through fingerprint records, Sgt.Gary Brown said.Aguilera had been reported missing to the Colorado Springs Police Department by her family last October, Brown said.The badly decomposed body prevented medical examiners from pinpointing a cause of death. However, detectives are treating the case as a homicide, Brown said.Aguilera was on four years’ probation aftershe pleaded guilty in November 1986 to one count of selling LSD, court records show.A bench warrant was issued October 13,1987, after she failed to appear for routine meetings with probation officers.“Very little is known about Karen at this time other than she was seen frequently at Acacia Park, said Capt Ralph Schultz.The sheriffs office is asking anyone with information on Aguilera’s death to call 520-7155 or Pikes Peak Crime Stoppers at 634-STOP.In addition to selling LSD, Aguilera was arrested in August 1986 on suspicion of prostitution by city police along South Nevada Avenue, court records show. There was no disposition in the case.Family members declined comment on the death.The woman’s body was found May 10 three-fourths of a mile north of Falcon Highway and 60 yards east of Curtis Road. The pilots, who spotted the body from the air, walked to it. Authorities said it had been there at least sixmonths.
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Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
Thu, Jun 23, 1988
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