News Article

An arrest has been made in the Saguache homicide occurring in the early morning hours of Sunday, December 6, 2020.

Deputies with the Saguache County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO), with assistance from Colorado State Patrol troopers, arrested Donald Garcia (DOB: 07/31/1975) without incident in an abandoned camper in the town of Saguache, just after 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday December 8, 2020.

The Saguache County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) is investigating a murder in the town of Saguache occurring in the early morning hours of Sunday, December 6, 2020.

Deputies with the SCSO were called to a home in the 800 block of Gunnison Avenue just before 4:30 a.m. on a report of an injured Salida man in his 50’s who sustained what ultimately would become fatal injuries.

One set of human remains located on a Conejos County property in November has been identified.

A *Forensic Odonotologist assisting task force investigators identified one set of the human remains recovered as Myron Robert Martinez (DOB: 11/15/1982) of Del Norte. Martinez was reported missing to the Rio Grande Sheriff’s Office on November 6, 2020. A family member reported they had not been in contact with Mr. Martinez since late October.

Investigators contacted the family of Mr. Martinez to make the official notification of his death.

A Longmont man faces charges of murder in the second degree and first-degree assault in connection with a shooting occurring in the town of Seibert on Saturday, November 21, 2020.

The Grand County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an out-of-state hunter occurring in an extremely remote area in the county, west of Kremmling, on November 9, 2020.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was part of a multi-agency effort to protect our children from predators. Please see the news release from our partners at the Colorado Springs Police Department for the recap of the operation that yielded eight arrests in late October.

Just after 1:00 a.m., on November 1, 2020, the Rocky Ford Police Department and Rocky Ford Fire Department responded to a detached garage fire at a home at 410 N. 14th Street in Rocky Ford, and located a deceased male inside the structure.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been requested by the Rocky Ford Police Department (RFPD) to assist with a death investigation occurring at the McKittrick Manor (806 Catalpa Avenue, Rocky Ford) occurring on October 4, 2020.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been requested by the Sterling Police Department to assist in an investigation of an officer-involved shooting. Please see a news release from the Sterling Police Department regarding this incident.