BOULDER, Colo. -- A man who went unidentified for several weeks after he was beaten and stabbed to death during a Boulder home invasion attempt was a resident of nearby Longmont.

The Boulder County Coroner's Office officially identified the man as Evans W. Sussman, 41, through dental records.

Sussman died after being beaten by a baseball bat and stabbed with his own knife during the Oct. 3 incident.

After learning his identity, investigators said that Sussman knew the people in the home he tried to enter.

According to the two homeowners, the man tried to force his way into the couple's home on Poorman Road, just off Sunshine Canyon Road, after the woman answered the front door.

The woman picked up a metal baseball bat and yelled for her husband's help. The woman said she tried to push the man outside the front door with the bat, but he wouldn't budge.

"And I'm still saying to him, 'Look, you don't want to do this. What are you, crazy? Get out of here,'" the woman said in her call to 911. "I am so incredulous that I hit this guy so many times and he kept on coming. I couldn't even believe it."

The woman's husband wrestled with the Sussman, and was pepper sprayed by the intruder. The husband was eventually able to take away Sussman's knife and stabbed him with it, investigators said.

Investigators said Sussman had arrived at the couple's home by bicycle, and had armed himself with a toy water gun, the knife and pepper spray. He also had with him a green satchel containing small sections of rope, duct tape and zip ties, according to the sheriff's department.

Inside the satchel was a sheath for a hunting-style knife, which was consistent in size with the knife that had been used to attack the couple.

Authorities said the couple were defending themselves under the "Make My Day" law and were not charged in the Sussman's death.

Sussman operated a business called Neon Sign & Lighting out of his home. Investigators said he did work for the couple several years ago. During that time,

The Rocky Mountain News cited court records that showed Sussman, conicidentaly, was represented in a 2002 divorce proceeding by the same lawyer who had been acting as a spokesman for couple who killed him. Investigators said the couple had referred Sussan to the attorney after he worked for them.