Do you know who killed William \Billy\ Trimback? In the cold of February 1993, the life of 26-year-old William 'Billy' Trimbach, a White male, came to a violent and mysterious end. On Valentine's Day, a day that also marked his first wedding anniversary, his body was discovered discarded along a desolate frontage road off Interstate 76 near Wiggins, Colorado. He had been shot to death with a 9mm firearm and dragged from a vehicle.
At the time of his murder, Trimbach was living in Stoneham, Colorado, with his wife, Cindy, their infant daughter, and Cindy's nine-year-old son from a previous relationship. He worked as a mechanic, reportedly trying to earn enough money to cover his wife's medical treatments for AIDS.
The investigation into Trimbach's death quickly centered on his wife, Cindy. She had reported him missing on the morning his body was found, claiming she had not seen him since the previous day. However, her account was riddled with inconsistencies. Investigators discovered that Cindy had been driving her Chevrolet Suburban in the remote area where her husband's body was found, some 45 miles from their home, on the night he disappeared. Small amounts of Trimbach's blood were found in the backseat of her vehicle. Further suspicion arose when it was revealed that Cindy had recently taken out a large life insurance policy on her husband, and his signature on the application was forged. The 9mm handgun that Billy owned was also missing from their home.
The case took a darker turn after Trimbach's funeral. Cindy and her children moved to Butte, Montana. There, she enrolled her son in a new school, telling officials that he had witnessed his stepfather's murder. This contradicted what the boy had initially told investigators in Colorado. A year later, the boy, then ten years old, took a handgun to his elementary school and fatally shot another student on the playground. During subsequent interviews with investigators, the boy recanted his story about witnessing the murder, admitting he had lied because he believed his mother was involved in his stepfather's disappearance. Cindy Trimbach died from AIDS-related complications in 1994, never having been charged in her husband's death.
Over the years, the investigation into Billy Trimbach's murder has remained open, though it has been hampered by a lack of direct evidence and the unreliability of some individuals involved, many of whom were reportedly methamphetamine users. Investigators have considered various theories, including the possibility that Trimbach was killed in an attempt to intimidate him, possibly over a drug debt, and that his death may have been accidental. There was also speculation that Cindy may have hired someone to kill her husband for the insurance money and was involved in disposing of his body. Another suspect in the case committed suicide in 1998 after his attorney was contacted by police for an interview. In 2008, a man named James 'Sam' England was named as a person of interest in the case, with investigators believing he may have been involved in the killing at the behest of Cindy. Despite these leads, no arrests have ever been made in the murder of William 'Billy' Trimbach, and the case remains unsolved.
