Two Missouri residents were found dead with gunshot wounds to the head in an SUV parked along a mountain highway in west Jefferson County, sheriff’s officials said.
Joshua Young, 47, and Corinne Wallen, 45, had been traveling across the country and had no known connections to Colorado, the said Wednesday.
A passerby noticed a blue Toyota RAV4 had been parked along Colorado 103 at mile 30, close to the Clear Creek County line, for at least two days and stopped to check on the vehicle on Tuesday, sheriff’s officials said.
Both Young and Wallen appear to have died from gunshot wounds to the head and a gun was found in the vehicle, along with “several notes written by the couple on the dashboard,” according to the sheriff’s office.
“We are trying to determine exactly what happened in the car,” spokesperson Jacki Kelley said Wednesday. “Forensic work will help us get to the answer to that question.”
Sheriff’s officials said there was no threat to the public.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office is conducting the autopsies and will determine the cause and manner of death.
