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'Dangerous' Suspect At Large After Strasburg Murder

STRASBURG, Colo. (CBS4) - Authorities in Arapahoe County say a 58-year-old man suspected of killing a woman in the Strasburg area over the weekend is at large and dangerous.

Andrew Ausmus was described as being 5-foot-11, weighing 230 pounds and having brown hair and hazel eyes. In a photo sheriff's investigators released of him he has a beard, but they didn't state whether he still has one.

Ausmus is wanted on a first degree murder charge in the death of a woman who is not being identified. Police are not saying how the victim was killed.

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Andrew Ausmus (credit: Arapahoe County Sheriff)

Anyone who sees Ausmus is asked to call 911 and not approach him.

The woman's body was found by firefighters at a home on 4185 South County Road 157, near East Quincy Avenue, at 1:10 a.m. on Saturday. The house caught fire and was damaged, and the body was pulled from the garage during the firefight.

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Theresa Ausmus' burned home in Strasburg (credit: CBS)

Friends and neighbors told CBS4 the woman who died worked for United Airlines. They said there was a planned exchange of property with the victim's ex-husband on Friday.

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