Records: Teen escaped after man accused of killing her family members passed out from pills
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Newly released court documents are revealing details about the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl and the killings of her mother, brother and sister in southern Colorado.
A sex offender from Indiana, Jaacob Vanwinkle, is charged in the March 9 sexual assault and triple slaying in Canon City.
Citing an arrest affidavit released Friday, the Canon City Daily Record reports (http://bit.ly/1q6NJJG) that the 16-year-old girl says she was able to flee her home after Vanwinkle assaulted her for the second time because he passed out after taking some of her mother's pills.
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She told authorities her family members were tied up in the garage, but officers found their bodies in a bedroom in the house. Investigators say Vanwinkle, who was living with the family, was found in another bedroom and arrested.
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Information from: Canon City Daily Record, http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/