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Silence on 911 call leads deputies to slain woman’s body, Colorado officials say

Deputies investigating an open 911 line found the body of a woman who had been shot dead inside a home, Colorado authorities say.
Deputies investigating an open 911 line found the body of a woman who had been shot dead inside a home, Colorado authorities say. Getty Images | iStockphoto

Silence on the other end of a 911 call led deputies to a slain woman’s body, Colorado officials reported.

Deputies with the Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office traced the open 911 line to a home near Pagosa Springs at 2:20 a.m. Tuesday, July 2, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said in a news release.

Inside, deputies found the body of a 39-year-old woman who had been shot, the bureau said.

The case is being investigated as a murder and no suspect information has been released, officials said. The sheriff’s office requested the bureau’s help with the investigation.

Pagosa Springs is about a 275-mile drive southwest from Denver, near the New Mexico border.

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This story was originally published July 3, 2024 at 1:34 PM with the headline "Silence on 911 call leads deputies to slain woman’s body, Colorado officials say."

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Don Sweeney
The Sacramento Bee
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Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for more than 35 years. He is a service reporter based at The Sacramento Bee.
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