{"id":41713,"date":"2022-03-14T18:00:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T00:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/sheriff-cbi-investigate-possible-homicide-south-of-cortez\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:02:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:02:56","slug":"sheriff-cbi-investigate-possible-homicide-south-of-cortez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/sheriff-cbi-investigate-possible-homicide-south-of-cortez\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff, CBI investigate possible homicide south of Cortez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=6c47098d-4bc6-5080-8834-5626635b2092&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"720\" height=\"308\" alt=\"The death of a man found dead in a camp trailer at 5603 U.S. Highway 491 is being investigated as a possible homicide, according to the Montezuma County Sheriff's Office.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The death of a man found dead in a camp trailer at 5603 U.S. Highway 491 is being investigated as a possible homicide, according to the Montezuma County Sheriff's Office.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Montezuma County Sheriff\u2019s Office and Colorado Bureau of Investigation are investigating a possible homicide after an injured man\u2019s body was found south of Cortez.<\/p>\n<p>On March 11, Alvin Cayatineto, 62, was found dead at his camp trailer at 5603 U.S. Highway 491, said Sheriff Steve Nowlin. Time of death is estimated to be March 9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is when he was last seen alive,\u201d Nowlin said.<\/p>\n<p>Based on physical injuries, the death is being investigated as a possible homicide, he said.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made. The investigation is ongoing and involves \u201cpersons of interest,\u201d Nowlin said.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple search warrants have been obtained. Investigators were at the scene all day on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>An autopsy is expected to take place this week to determine the cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>Cayatineto\u2019s trailer was found on the property of CDL Trucking, where he worked, Nowlin said.<\/p>\n<p>His body was discovered the evening of March 11 by family members checking in on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had not heard from him in a while,\u201d Nowlin said<\/p>\n<p>Cayatineto\u2019s vehicle, a 2017 white Nissan Rogue, was not at his residence, and was involved in a hit-and-run crash March 9 on North Broadway in Cortez, Nowlin said. The driver was arrested and jailed, he said. His identity was not released.<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-4fda867f4c3ef4a87a952e3a2f444aba\">This article will be updated as information becomes available.  <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>discovered dead in camp trailer; injuries trigger homicide investigation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21,28,60,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-41713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cortez","tag-headlines","tag-montezuma-county","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41713","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=41713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85071,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41713\/revisions\/85071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41713"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=41713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}