One suspect has been arrested and police mentioned they’re making an attempt establish a second suspect within the case.
WELD COUNTY, Colo. — A person has been discovered and is secure after the Weld County Sheriff’s Workplace (WCSO) mentioned he was possible kidnapped and held hostage after one other man was discovered useless on Sunday.
Oscar Eduardo Valles Avila, 26, was rescued from a gasoline station close to Interstate 76 in Julesberg on Monday, WCSO mentioned.
He had been lacking since round 11:30 Saturday evening, when WCSO mentioned he and one other man, recognized as Gilbert Guiterrez, 40, had been taken to a house in Weld County exterior of Johnston.
WCSO mentioned they had been referred to as to the 23600-block of Blake Avenue round 12:45 p.m. on Sunday in reference to a suspicious loss of life. Deputies mentioned once they arrived on the scene, they discovered Gutierrez useless from blunt drive trauma.
After discovering Gutierrez’s physique, WCSO mentioned they started a seek for Avila, who they then believed had been kidnapped and was in grave bodily hazard.
The investigation led them to the Julesberg space, WCSO mentioned. Whereas a Strike Workforce was conducting surveillance on a house close to the intersection of seventh and Oak streets they thought could also be related to the case, WCSO mentioned they noticed somebody get right into a pickup truck with a passenger and go away the house.
WCSO mentioned they had been in a position to establish the individual driving the truck as a suspect within the Weld County murder.
The truck stopped on the gasoline station in Julesberg and ultimately, WCSO mentioned, Avila bought out of the passenger seat and the suspect drove away.
WCSO mentioned they don’t seem to be positive why Avila was allowed to get out of the car or why the suspect drove away.
The suspect, recognized as Marco Antonio Gutierrez-Herrera, 40, was pulled over and arrested whereas driving again to the house.
WCSO mentioned they consider the house belongs to Gutierrez-Herrera.
The sheriff’s workplace can also be making an attempt to establish and find a second suspect within the case. They mentioned they consider he was in Julesberg early Monday in a 2015 to 2017 white Toyota Camry or related sedan.
The identical car was seen in Johnstown the day of the murder, WCSO mentioned.
Detectives additionally consider the suspect has ties to the Pueblo space.
The Weld County Sheriff’s Workplace is enthusiastic about acquiring any safety digital camera footage, resembling doorbell digital camera video, of a white sedan, presumably the 2015-2017 Toyota Camry, within the Julesburg space between Saturday and Monday, Nov. 20-22. Anybody with footage of a white sedan on these days is requested to contact Detective Ong at (970) 400-5816.
Anybody with every other details about the case must also contact Detective Ong at 970-400-5816, WCSO at 970-356-4015, or Northern Colorado Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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