{"id":22753,"date":"2020-05-05T09:19:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T15:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=64504"},"modified":"2020-05-05T09:19:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T15:19:16","slug":"court-of-appeals-affirms-convictions-in-attempted-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/court-of-appeals-affirms-convictions-in-attempted-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Court of Appeals affirms convictions in attempted murder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed convictions in the case of Tyrus Walter Vanmatre last month.<\/strong>
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BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 The Colorado Court of Appeals has affirmed in part the conviction of Tyrus Walter Vanmatre, who is serving a life sentence after luring a man up to Swan Mountain and attempting to murder him with a machete in 2014.<\/p>\n

In June of that year, Vanmatre drove victim Jadon Jellis from the Denver area to Summit County along with another juvenile, purportedly to attend a party on Swan Mountain.<\/p>\n

As they were hiking up the mountain, Vanmatre and the juvenile stunned Jellis with a Taser. Vanmatre then attacked Jellis with an 18-inch serrated sword, striking him in the face, head and hand. Jellis was able to fend the men off with a knife he brought on the hike, stabbing Vanmatre in the chest. He escaped and was able to flag down a Summit County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputy who was driving by.<\/p>\n

Jellis was taken to St. Anthony Summit Medical Center in Frisco before being flown via Flight For Life to a Front Range hospital. Vanmatre, who maintained in trial that he acted in self-defense, was later admitted to the same hospital where he was taken into custody.<\/p>\n

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