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Maybe his fellow firefighters live further away, or they had given that neighbor a spare key or garage code in case of emergency. Maybe Suzanne wasn't as familiar with the firefighters as she was the neighbor, and he thought she'd be more comfortable seeing a familiar female neighbor at the...

Possibly, but she's also so young that she may not have fully comprehended death or the severity of what happened to him at that point. I sure hope she didn't witness much, for her own sake.

That's the advantage of targeted, smaller-scale searches conducted almost entirely by LE only.

I guess there's a possibility that she actually did go for a bike ride, left her bike for some reason (mechanical problems?), walked back home, and something happened there? Seems less likely but I do think her actually going for a ride is still within the realm of possibilities.

Yes, that seems to be one of the reasons they're out there. I've just never seen them used on such a search in CO before. They usually use dogs from an org like SARDOC, the SO, even avalanche rescue dogs from the ski resorts in certain conditions.

I've been wondering about that too. I can't think of another MP case in the state in which DOC searched. I assume they may have been called in because of the close proximity of the Buena Vista Correctional Complex, and that COs have LE training. It's a big group of people nearby who are capable...

Yeah, if it was more of a lost/injured situation, we'd likely see a lot more resources from neighboring counties and across the state. Instead, they're keeping it pretty limited to the local SAR team and LE. Edit: to me that means they're more concerned about evidence and the integrity of the...

Yes. Absolutely. IANAL but searching on consent only is relatively risky and it's pretty easy to get a warrant if you have the cause. Better to have the warrant in hand and not technically need it, then to need it and not have it or have anything about the search challenged later.

The lack of many wilderness SAR resources on her case stands out to me. If they had any inkling she might have been injured or lost out there, or even experiencing some kind of mental crisis, I would expect to see SAR teams from all over the state out there. Instead, all searches appear to be...

That is one of the weirdest statements I've ever seen. I don't think it's related because it's pretty far away, but I'm dying of curiosity now.

Thanks for all the additional details! From what I understand, there is a medium-security facility at the Complex as well as some minimum-security.

They could've done an initial search with consent that we just don't know about, and came back with a warrant to collect evidence.

I doubt it. I don't want to sound too condescending but he's just a volunteer firefighter who'd been with a small rural fire dept a very short time. There's literally no training that I could possibly imagine him being sent out-of-town for right now during the pandemic. He was already in very...

I also think that's a super unlikely scenario in general, but I was talking about the prison in Buena Vista, not Canon City. They're more likely to have released people recently, and it is much closer to Maysville.

Nah, I don't find it odd. I've never seen a carrier mentioned this early in public statements, even when LE had already been working with them. They're just considered witnesses and we likely won't see them mentioned unless or until this goes to trial.

<modsnip: quoted post was removed> When I hear "camping" I think of something much more simple and rugged. Is there a reason to think they were up there doing something fancier? That seems less likely right now because of the whole COVID situation. It's a lot easier to drive out to the middle...

Yeah, it's seriously been crazy out there. I'm a native and I've never seen the public lands this busy.

I'd be looking more at the huge medium-security facility that's basically just down the road in Buena Vista. They're much more likely to have recently released people.

Maybe that, or one of the countless undeveloped campsites on BLM or Forest Service lands. I cannot emphasize enough that closures of developed campgrounds haven't stopped anyone from camping and that these areas have been busier than ever. Most of us were camping for free at undeveloped...

I'm a fire wife too out here in Colorado and I know a lot of vollies. There are two main reasons I think a firefighting training in Denver seems unlikely: 1) Most trainings have been postponed or cancelled due to COVID. The annual National Fire Academy in MD is a good example. Even the highest...