Jane Darby was found by her son apparently strangled to death in her home in the early morning hours of September 3, 1999.

On the night of September 2, 1999 Darby went to a bar and came home with an unknown white male. Darby brought the man into her room and closed the door. Darbys adult son, who lived with her, left the house as he always did when Darby brought someone home. Later, the son returned and found his mother dead and the male gone.

Darbys companion was described as a white male in his mid-thirties, approximately 6'3" 200 lbs., with a stocky build, light brown/dirty blonde hair, mustache, and with a multi-colored tattoo on his chest (possibly a tattoo of a dragon). The male might have been carrying a fake Colorado drivers license.