CONEJOS – Authorities have identified the remains of one of three people found dead near a rural town in southern Colorado.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation says a forensic odontologist, a specially trained dentist who studies teeth, identified the remains as those of 37-year-old Myron Robert Martinez of Del Norte. A family member had not heard from him since late October and reported him missing Nov. 6.
The cause and manner of death have not been determined, but investigators believe foul play was involved.
Searches in November uncovered the skeletal remains of three people on two properties outside the small city of Alamosa, more than 200 miles south of Denver. Investigators have not identified the remains of the other two people.
Authorities arrested 26-year-old Adre Jordan Baroz at a motel in Gallup, New Mexico, on Nov. 19. He faces charges of first-degree homicide, first-degree assault and second-degree kidnapping.
Baroz’s arrest warrant remains sealed, but the CBI says he has not been charged in Martinez’s death.
Authorities have declined to comment on how Baroz may be connected to the discovery of the remains. They said he is commonly known as “Psycho” in the area but did not elaborate.
