{"id":32882,"date":"2023-07-13T20:06:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T02:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/man-found-dead-inside-suv-at-snowslide-campground-in-la-plata-canyon\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:04:11","slug":"man-found-dead-inside-suv-at-snowslide-campground-in-la-plata-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/man-found-dead-inside-suv-at-snowslide-campground-in-la-plata-canyon\/","title":{"rendered":"Man found dead inside SUV at Snowslide Campground in La Plata Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=128787ad-3319-5157-b8e5-3ba8545f7917&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Blotter lights\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Blotter lights<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>A man was found dead in his vehicle while camping at Snowslide Campground in La Plata Canyon on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The man\u2019s identity was unknown as of Thursday because investigators were unable to locate identification when the man was discovered. The man was located in an older Chevrolet Suburban about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle had Texas license plates, but investigators are reluctant to identify the man based on the license plate information, because the vehicle may be registered to a different person than the individual found inside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re autopsying him right now and doing fingerprints for law enforcement to see if the name on the license plate matches fingerprints,\u201d La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The man checked into spot No. 11 at the campground a few days before being found, Smith said. A campsite staff member checked in on the camper after not seeing him for a few days. That is when the man was discovered dead in the back of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Smith said the man had been dead for a day or two based on the condition of his body.<\/p>\n<p>As of 10:30 a.m. Thursday, investigators were unsure of the cause and manner of death. Smith said the man was not carrying any type of drug or medication and that nothing looked like foul play.<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-e6c875ec473998d6f2abe36b3f82343a\"><a href=\"mailto:tbrown@durangoherald.com\">tbrown@durangoherald.com<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Identification of deceased and cause of death pending<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2064,255,28,475,1194],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-32882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-camping","tag-death-and-dying","tag-headlines","tag-la-plata-county-colorado","tag-la-plata-county-sheriffs-office"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81959,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32882\/revisions\/81959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32882"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=32882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}