(EL PASO COUNTY, Colo.) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) has released the identity of the victim in a suspicious death south of Fountain on Saturday, Sept. 14, and is asking anyone with information to reach out to the Sheriff’s Office.
According to EPSO, the El Paso County Coroner identified the man killed as 43-year-old Michael Whitcomb.
Deputies originally responded just before 4 p.m. on Saturday to a field near the intersection of El Hambre View and Rancho Colorado Boulevard, near Wigwam, after a caller reported to 911 that they had found a person dead. When deputies arrived, they found Whitcomb dead.
Whitcomb’s death is being investigated as a homicide, though EPSO said there is no known threat to the community. The official cause and manner of death have not been released by the Coroner’s Office.
The investigation remains ongoing, and EPSO asked anyone with information to contact the Sheriff’s Office tip line at 719-520-7777.
