Posted on 07/10/2024 7:40:28 AM PDT by Red Badger
An elderly man found wrapped in tarp near Medicine Bow Peak still has not been identified. It’s being investigated as a homicide, the Albany County Sheriff’s Office said on Tuesday.
An unidentified body found under suspicious circumstances near a popular recreation area July 4 is being treated as a homicide, even as investigators are still trying to identify the man.
The body is believed to be that of an elderly male and was found wrapped in a tarp at the Mirror Lake Picnic and Fishing Site near the base of Medicine Bow Peak, according to a Tuesday statement from the Albany Sheriff’s Office.
There were no identifying markings on the man, who’s being referred to as “John Doe” until an identification can be made through the use of fingerprints, DNA and/or dental records.
Albany County Sheriff Aaron Appelhans did not immediately return a request for comment by the time this story was published.
“It is with a heavy heart that we acknowledge the suspicious nature of John Doe’s passing,” he says in the release, noting that it’s an ongoing investigation.
The discovery of the body Thursday shut down the popular Snow Range site for two days as law enforcement investigated the scene.
The agency is asking anyone with information about the incident to call the non-emergency dispatch line at 307-721-2526 and request to speak to the detective.
Jen Kocher can be reached at jen@cowboystatedaily.com.
A homicide? What was the first clue... That it was wrapped in tarp?
Nice work, Columbo!
Stupid cops. That was a suicide. Sure thing.
Wasn’t there a case or two in California or somewhere over the past couple of years with the body wrapped in plastic and they wouldn’t call it suspicious or homicide?
“A homicide? What was the first clue... That it was wrapped in tarp?”
These guys are sharp.
Bodies wrapped in tarps are sure signs of suicides, according to Former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton.
Neither Vince Foster nor Jeffry Epstein was available for comment.
In March 2023, the body of Nathan Millard, a businessman from Georgia, was found wrapped in plastic and rolled up in a rug in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Millard had disappeared in February while on a business trip, and his body was discovered about six miles from where he was last seen. Despite the unusual circumstances, police did not find any signs of foul play and treated the death as undetermined pending further investigation (Vicksburg Daily News) (WSB-TV).
Additionally, in August 2023, Hannah Rachel Collins from Mississippi was found dead in Los Angeles, wrapped in plastic. Collins had been staying with friends in LA and was set to return home when she was discovered. The case was initially treated as an undetermined death, pending autopsy and toxicology results (Vicksburg Daily News).
Nathan Millard's case was ultimately determined to involve suspicious circumstances, even though his death was initially classified as accidental. Millard's body was found wrapped in plastic and a rug in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after he had gone missing in February 2023. The cause of death was an overdose, but a local drug dealer, Derrick Perkins, was charged with improperly disposing of Millard's body among other charges, indicating a recognition of foul play in the handling of his remains (WSB-TV) (Your Local News).
In contrast, there have been no updates indicating that Hannah Rachel Collins' death in Los Angeles was later classified as suspicious or a homicide. Collins' body was found wrapped in plastic in August 2023, but no further details on the investigation or reclassification of her death have been reported (Vicksburg Daily News).
Brilliant.
We do live in the Twilight Zone.
And LEO’s want us to trust them to protect us??????
Seriously??????
This is 15 minutes from where I live. Over the Snowy Range pass, between Laramie & Saratoga.
Originally it was reported that a dead body was found at 8:00 in the evening. I figured someone fell over dead from a heart attack in that high country.
Its become overrun from out of staters, there is never any parking. Everyone has to park along the road. Mostly visiting Colorado people. I guess Colorado doesn’t have any mountains. :/
I have multiple tarps—new & used.
I need them to cover my hay stack.
I cannot image any decent police officer thinking that a body rolled up in a tarp was “ACCIDENTAL”.
I’m a landlord of some awful apartments my uncle left me that I have given up trying to sell. (They make plenty of money, but no one reputable wants to buy them.)
Poor people/criminals/idiots frequently don’t call 911 or whatever when someone dies because:
1. They are wanted or think they might be wanted.
2. They don’t want the hassle and don’t care
3. They don’t want to get stuck with a bill.
4. They depend on the dead person’s SSN checks and don’t want the money to stop
We end up with a body in a dumpster or whatever every couple of years.
A friend will help you move.
A good friend will help you move a body................
We use them to cover our wood piles.
tx for lol.
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