it's a -- very cluttered community house where claude wilkerson lived in gateway colorado, just south of grand junction. it's the kind of place, a small town that investigators here say a person can disappear and get lost. the small rural western slope down of gateway has been home to aggie her whole life. and a few years ago, it became wilkerson. >> he came 5 ear 6 years ago. >> reporter: the man police say turned a homeless woman's life into a nightmare. >> she's been to hell and back. house for several months. a house investigator said he used chemicals to keep her sedated. >> drugged, chained down and being assaulted. >> reporter: a young run away living at the house at the time got away and notified authorities. when a deputy went to the house to check on the victim, she wasn't tied up, but was able to give the deputy signs something was wrong. a man neighbors like aggie say seemed to want to be left alone. >> that was kind of my impression. >> reporter: accused of a crime she can't believe happened in her small home town. >> right. right. >> the victim is getting help here in me

the teen said claude wilkerson kidnapped the woman. she was a 26-year-old woman who was homeless. wilkerson played on her desperation, offering her a place to stay. only when she got there, he wouldn't let her leave. he chained her up and chained and tortured her over months. a deputy went to the house on a tip from the teen runaway. it was then that they found the 26-year-old had a warrant, and >> then she starts telling us exactly what's been going on, about being drugged and being chained down and being assaulted. >> the suspect, claude wilkerson is in jail on bond. in 1978 he was convicted of murder in the death of three people. he was put on death row, but in 1983 he was freed. a judge threw out his confession buzz he didn't waive his right. he's had several arrests and 1997. they include dui, property damage, and criminal mischef. he was charged with montana. the victim said one reason she was afraid was because he said he was a serial killer. the neighbors are shocked this was all happening right next door. >> i guess so. all right, tarhonda. we're getting some insight, a g

reporter: in 1978 the bodies of three jewelry store workers were discovered after a robbery claude wilkerson planned with three others. he said wilkerson worked there, but the robbery was foiled when a co-worker recognized his voice. >> because he had recognized their voice, they all get together and decide that they got to dispose of them. >> reporter: wilkerson had confessed to part of the crime. that was enough to help prosecutors convict him of murder. wilkerson spent four years on death row in texas until that confession was thrown out in 1983 by a federal court. >> they brought him down to try to talk to him after i invoked his -- after he invoked his right to a lawyer. >> reporter: wilkerson confessed without allurer one -- without a lawyer present after he had asked for one and a result. unable to be indicted, wilkerson eventually moved to colorado a free man. >> he was very pleasant, very, you know, easy to talk to. he would call periodically. >> reporter: attorney stanley snyder helped free wilkerson different these days. >> he looked bizarre, his picture, the long hair, the scragg

reporter: in 1978 the bodies of three jewelry store workers were discovered after a robbery claude wilkerson he said wilkerson worked there, but the robbery was foiled when a co-worker recognized his voice. >> because he had recognized their voice, they all get together and decide that they got to dispose of them. >> reporter: wilkerson had confessed to part of the crime. that was enough to help prosecutors convict him of murder. wilkerson spent four years on death row in texas until that confession was thrown out in 1983 by a federal court. >> they brought him down to try to talk to him after i invoked right to a lawyer. confessed without allurer present after he had asked for one -- without a lawyer present after he had asked for one and a result. unable to be indicted, wilkerson eventually moved to colorado a free man. >> he was very pleasant, very, you know, easy to talk to. he would call periodically. >> reporter: attorney stanley different these days. >> he looked bizarre, his picture, the long hair, the scraggly beard. he looked different. >> reporter: he also says he won't be shocked

claude wilkerson is accused of chaining up the woman with the help of a run-away teenager who also lived at his home in the ranching community of gateway, about an hour from grand junction. 9news mountain newsroom reporter matt renoux joins us now. gateway is a small community. >> reporter: about as small as you can get in western colorado and a police investigators say is perfect for a -- and a place investigators say is perfect for a person who wants to be left alone. in the small community in gateway just south of grand junction, investigators say a colorado only woman's life was a nightmare kept in this house october. claude wilkerson lured and kept the homeless woman in her 20s in this house using chemicals to keep her sedated, chaining her to a bed at times and sexually assaulting her repeatedly over the time she was there. a young run-away who lived notify authorities. when a deputy went to the house to check on the victim, she wasn't tied up at the time but was able to give the deputy signs that she needed help. >> the way she was acting, interacting with mr. wilkerson, something

nightmare lived out in this house in the small town of gateway where police say the suspect, claude wilkerson, lured and kept a homeless woman for months using chemicals to see her sedated and chaining her to a bed and then sexually assaulting her repeatedly. according to the mesa county sheriff's department a young run-away girl helped the man, got away and notified authorities. a deputy went to the house and was able to see the victim who wasn't tied up at the time but giving him signs that she needed help. >> met with mr. wilkerson and the young lady, identified that there was something wrong, couldn't put his finger on it initially either by the way she was acting, the way she was interacting with mr. wilkerson that something was not right. so he did further investigation, found that she had a warrant for $50 at which take her into custody. fifty dollars warrants are something we don't typically bring people in on, but he felt something was wrong and he needed to get her away from mr. wilkerson to find out what was go abouting on. >> reporter: that victim is currently getting help through

it's a -- very cluttered community house where claude wilkerson lived in gateway colorado, just south of grand junction. it's the kind of place, a small town that investigators here say a person can disappear and get lost. the small rural western slope down of gateway has been home to aggie her whole life. and a few years ago, it became wilkerson. >> he came 5 ear 6 years ago. >> reporter: the man police say turned a homeless woman's life into a nightmare. >> she's been to hell and back.

police say- the person who made that offer was 61- year-old claude lee wilkerson. but when he got the woman to his home... he tortured and raped her... chaining her up in the house... only allowing her out a few times. this happended for four months. police say-- wilkerson was assisted by another teen runaway. that runaway went to police in february... and told them about the woman who'd been kidnapped. when a deputy went to the home to check it out-- the woman asked to be arrested. sensing that something was wrong-- the deputy got the woman away from the house. that's when they learned the horriffic story of her ordeal. here's the man accused of the crime. the mesa county sherrif's department in texas. claude lee wilkerson's first major run in with colorado law came in a 1974 -- during a burglary case in grand junction. it's unclear whether he was convicted. in 1978 - he was one of four men arrested and convicted in connection with the deaths of three people during a jewelry store robbery in shiner, texas. our sister station khou in houston reports the victims wer

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police say the owner of the home, claude lee wilkerson had kidnapped a woman and chained her up inside the home. the woman says she was repeat repeatedly tortured for months. the victim tells police that wilkerson claimed to be a serial killer. a 14-year-old runaway was there when the alleged crime happened. she said she helped wilkerson tie up the victim. will zero con had offered her -- wilkerson offered her a place to stay. once the teen got away, she alerted the deputy. he talked to the 26-year-old woman who appeared very nervous. the woman had a warrant. it was $50, but she begged to be taken into custody. something was wrong. >> $50 warrant is something we typically don't bring people in on, but he felt something was wrong and he needed to get her away from mr. wilkerson to find out what was going on. >> something more shocking about this case, this suspect used to be on death row. he was convicted of a triple murder, but the judge threw out his unifyings because he went waive his rights. he's in jail on a $1 million bond. >> he spent four years on death row in texas before a fed

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happened in the small community of gateway on the west slope. 61-year-old claude lee wilkerson is accused of the crime. he was assisted by another teenaged runaway. that runaway went to police in february and told them about the woman who had been kidnapped. wilkerson is facing multiple charges connected to this case. he is being held on $1 million bond. >>> check the forecast now. marty joins us with that. we are getting ready for a nice weekend. >> sure are. i'm already seeing that for our friends up on i-76, we have a wind shift that's going on, gusty winds out of the north and as those interact with the terrain here on the front range, we will get very light showers late this afternoon, little more than sprinkles, but it will turn around and the skies can have a much different look. 7:00 p.m. and then clear out after that so it's not the beginning of anything big. it will just be a little bit of cool, slightly damp weather late in the day today. ahead of the showers we are in the 60s, about 10 degrees warmer down south, a mild day in the west and generally dries in mountain areas. mig