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February 03, 2007
Cops say mom killed son, 19
Teen died in stabbing; Ila Voyles had history of arrests alleging violence
By R. SCOTT RAPPOLD THE GAZETTE
A Colorado Springs woman was arrested late Thursday on suspicion of first-degree murder for allegedly plunging a knife into the chest of her 19-year-old son.
Johnny Velasquez called police to the home at 1421 N. Corona St., according to Colorado Springs police Sgt. Sal Fiorillo. He later died at Penrose Hospital.
His mother, Ila Voyles, 45, is in El Paso County jail without bail.
About 7:30 p.m., the two were engaged in what Fiorillo described as “an ongoing family argument” when Voyles allegedly grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed Velasquez. Fiorillo said there is no indication the argument was physical before the stabbing.
“The information we found out was it was just a verbal argument and she stabbed him,” Fiorillo said.
Another family member in the house at the time was not hurt, Fiorillo said.
No other details on the killing were released. A police affidavit detailing evidence against Voyles was not available Friday.
An autopsy Friday determined Velasquez died from a single stab wound to the chest.
It was the fourth homicide in Colorado Springs this year.
Neighbors, meanwhile, said Friday they were not surprised by the outbreak of violence involving the woman they knew as “Wild Ila.”
By day, she often went house-to-house, asking for money, or approached moving cars to ask for spare change, said neighbor Carl Miedke. By night, the house often rattled with shouting, he said.
“There is a definite confrontation, at least once a week,” he said, adding that police cruisers were a regular sight there.
Police on Friday could not provide a record of calls to that address, nor would they release tapes of ThursdayÂ’s 911 call, citing an ongoing investigation.
Voyles always seemed to be struggling, Miedke said.
“She always would come over and say, ‘I need money for my grandchildren’s medicine and we always want to ask our neighbors first,’” he said.
“She was doing that to everybody and not paying anybody,” said another neighbor, who declined to give her name.
Property records show Voyles did not own the house, though she lived there for several years.
Voyles has a long criminal history, dating to a burglary arrest in 1980, court records show. She has since been arrested four times on suspicion of domestic violence, twice on suspicion of child abuse and twice on suspicion of theft. The charges were all dismissed except for a theft case in which she received a deferred judgment and was required to pay restitution.
In 1998, she was arrested on suspicion of felony assault and other charges after smashing a boyfriendÂ’s truck window with a hammer after he locked her out of the North Corona Street house, court records show. She then broke a window on the house and struck the boyfriend several times with the hammer. She was sentenced to probation.
Her most recent arrest before Thursday came in 2002, when she was accused of selling a quarter-pound of marijuana to a police informant, court records show. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one yearÂ’s probation.
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