Police are investigating after a man and boy were found dead on a Douglas County trail and a woman was found dead in a nearby Parker home Thursday morning in what officials say are connected incidents.
Douglas County and Parker law enforcement officials released few details about the death investigations at a news conference Thursday afternoon, declining to say why they believe the deaths are connected or if the deaths are being investigated as homicides.
Douglas County sheriff’s deputies responded to a call about a body found at the top of the Rueter-Hess Incline Trail in the 13000 block of Ancestry Drive at 8:51 a.m., Sheriff Darren Weekly said at the news conference.
Deputies found the bodies of a man and a juvenile male at the scene, Weekly said, and also found information that led them to a home on Blackwolf Drive in Parker, where Parker police officers found the woman’s body at 10:15 a.m.
The Douglas County Coroner’s Office Tuesday identified the man as Brandon Timms, 38, and the woman as Angel Meyers, 43. They will not release the name of the boy who died, a coroner’s office employee said in an email.
Weekly declined to say what information led deputies to the Parker home.
Officers noticed a heavy smell of natural gas while clearing the home, department spokesperson Josh Hans said at the news conference. Officers left the home and evacuated several nearby homes and South Metro Fire Rescue responded to assist with the gas leak.
The cause of the gas leak is also under investigation, Hans said.
The agencies declined to say whether the three people who died were family members or if there were any apparent injuries to their bodies, citing the ongoing investigation.
“There is no danger to the community. We do not believe we have anybody out there that we are looking for,” Weekly said.
The Douglas County Coroner’s Office will release the identities of the three people who died as well as their cause and manner of death.
The Incline Trail will be closed until at least Friday as investigators process the scene.
“You’re talking about a very low-crime, residential neighborhood and the other scene is a recreational location that Parker and Douglas County residents like to visit,” Hans said. “Those were disrupted today and that is very hard on our community, very hard on the neighbors here and everyone involved. That’s what makes today so tough on all of us.”
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