Mesa County Sheriff’s deputies discovered the bodies of a man and a woman in a mobile home on the outskirts of Grand Junction, authorities say.
The bodies were found after family members of the couple got worried and called the sheriff’s office, said Carolyn Horton, a neighbor.
Norma Mestas, spokeswoman for the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, said she could not release the names of the two people. Neighbors identified them as Greg Lyons, 50, and Barbara Lyons 43.
Mestas said she could not comment on the cause of death.
“It must have happened several days ago because the family hadn’t heard from them for quite some time,” Horton said.
Jack Nilson, 77, who lives across the street, said he hasn’t seen either one of them for about a week, which is unusual.
Nilson said he often sees Barbara going to her work as a waitress or Greg going to his construction job.
“It’s really surprising that something like this happened,” he said.
The couple has two grown children, a son who is in the army and a daughter who is at college, Nilson said. The couple often go fishing and Barbara arranges flowers for a part-time job.
Authorities found two guns in the mobile home, he said.
“Greg told me he didn’t worry about people coming in on him because he has a gun real close,” Nilson said.
Horton said there was crime scene tape all around the mobile home and investigators from the sheriff’s office and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation were there.
“It’s pretty much a mystery what happened,” she said. “It’s rather scary.”
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