Overview
- The Colorado Bureau of Investigation released a new forensic facial reconstruction to help identify a man found dead near Deer Creek Campground outside Bailey.
- Park County deputies recovered the remains on May 28, 2024, on U.S. Forest Service land, and a botanist estimates they had been at the site since 2022 or 2023.
- Recent investigative genetic genealogy indicates Slovakian DNA and possible relatives in Pueblo, Colorado, Omaha, Nebraska, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
- Investigators say the man was likely of Eastern European descent, stood between 5 feet 11 inches and 6 feet 8 inches, and was approximately 30 to 60 years old.
- Officials urge tips to the CBI at 720-295-6642 and note active searches in national DNA databases including GEDmatch, while the cause of death has not been released.