BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — The jury trial for a man accused in a cold case murder in Boulder County from 2006 began on Monday morning, with the prosecution saying the "totality of the circumstances" will lead jurors to a conviction and the defense arguing that prosecutors are taking a "big, huge leap."

John Michael Angerer, now 56, is on trial for second-degree murder in connection with the death of 38-year-old Angela "Angie" Wilds of Longmont.

This case began on June 4, 2006, when a pair of hikers found Wilds' nude body in Boulder County's South Saint Vrain Canyon along Highway 7, about 3.3 miles outside of Lyons. Her body was badly decomposing and had quicklime around it. She did not have any identification on her.

Angerer was initially arrested in 2010 and charged with second-degree mur

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