17 years after a woman was found dead in a Colorado canyon, an Alaska man was charged in her murder

Seventeen years after a Colorado woman's remains were found decomposing in a Boulder County canyon, authorities have arrested a suspect who is now charged in her murder.

John Angerer, a 53-year-old man from Anchorage, Alaska, was taken into custody last week on a second-degree murder charge in connection with the killing of Angela Wilds in 2006, officials said in a news release issued on Monday.

Two hikers found Wilds' remains in the South Saint Vrain Canyon, located about three miles outside of Lyons in Boulder County, on June 4, 2006. At the time, the hikers reported finding a "badly decomposing body" that was completely nude outside of a cross ring still on the left hand, which appeared to have been dragged from a shallow grave nearby to that location by a large animal, authorities said. Sheriff's deputies later found a pair of yellow ski pants, a sleeping bag and a pillow inside a pillowcase folded neatly near the grave.