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Jan. 5 • 3:15 a.m. — Theresa Clancy, an off-duty police dispatcher, is pulled over by Jason Peder Clausen. Jan. 18 • 1:30 a.m. — Lacy Miller was last seen by friend Meryl Cooper. • Sometime after 1:30 a.m. — Miller disappears outside her mother and stepfather's home in the Quail Hollow subdivision. Her Mitsubishi Mirage is found a few doors down from her house. V. Richard Haro/The Coloradoan Jason Peder Clausen walks into court April 3 at the Larimer County Justice Center. Clausen pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the killing of Lacy Miller and was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. • Around 4 a.m. — Clausen shows his roommate, Eric Jensen, a body in the back seat of his Ford Expedition. Jan. 18-21 • Searchers canvass Fort Collins and Larimer County for Miller. They distribute hundreds of fliers bearing pictures of her face. Jan. 21 • Jensen goes to police, relaying the events of the previous days. He includes possible locations where Clausen might have disposed of the body. • Evening — Clausen is picked up at 315 W. Oak St., outside of the office of an attorney who had represented him on another matter. Jan. 22 • Clausen is arrested for the first-degree murder and kidnapping of Miller. Jan. 21-25 • Investigators comb the county for Miller's body. Jan. 25 • Sgt. Dan Murphy and Det. Ginger Mohs explore an area in the Poudre Canyon that Clausen frequented and found a possible grave site. The site was near the intersection of Colorado Highway 14 and Stove Prairie Road. Jan. 26 • Miller's body is uncovered from two dirt piles estimated at 10 to 12 feet tall. Jan. 27 • The body found in Poudre Canyon is positively identified by the Larimer County Coroner's Office as Miller. • 1:30 p.m. — Clausen is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree kidnapping in Larimer County Court. Feb. 1 • Nearly 1,500 people attend Miller's funeral at Resurrection Fellowship in Loveland. April 3 • Clausen pleads guilty to the first-degree murder of Miller. He is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Originally published April 4, 2003