A concerned citizen in Colorado Springs brought this case to the attention of FOHVAMP. She said her mother and “Cassie” were friends before the Valentine’s Day murder in 1985. “I am not sure why, but I feel like this case has been forgotten.”
Cassandra Rundle was enrolled in pre-law and had a semester to go before attending law school. She was a former “Miss Morgantown” (WVA). She also worked for the Rape Coalition in Colorado Springs. Her Aunt Nancy says “she was a beautiful person inside and out.”
On February 14, 1985, Cassandra Rundle’s ex-husband, Dave Peltzer, went to her home on LaClede Street in Colorado Springs to deliver Valentines. He found the bodies of Rundle, her son Detrick Sturm, 12, and her daughter Melanie Sturm, 10. All three had been strangled; the mother and daughter had been raped. The children had been beaten with a hockey stick. Although Colorado Springs P.D. still has suspects, the crime remains unsolved.
If you have information regarding this crime, please contact Detective Rick Gysin, 719-444-7500.