{"id":75082,"date":"2020-03-03T16:42:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T23:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/durango-police-need-help-solving-2018-murder\/"},"modified":"2020-03-03T23:42:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T23:42:10","slug":"durango-police-need-help-solving-2018-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/durango-police-need-help-solving-2018-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Durango police need help solving 2018 murder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Local law enforcement still does not know who may have killed Dylan Douglas, a Durango man living homeless and believed murdered almost two years ago \u2013 and now a local nonprofit is raising money for a reward for information in connection with his death.<\/p>\n

Douglas was last seen alive May 18, 2018, near Ella Vita Court in Durango. Durango Police Department discovered his decomposed remains June 27 in a wooded area about 400 yards from the nearest home in west Durango. Investigators have since \u201cexhausted all the leads we have in that case,\u201d said Cmdr. Ray Shupe.<\/p>\n

But law enforcement does \u201cthink it is a solvable case,\u201d he said. The police department cannot coordinate a reward, so instead it partnered with Community Compassion Outreach, a nonprofit working to help people survive and exit homelessness, to raise money to offer for information related to the suspected homicide.<\/p>\n

Douglas lived homeless at the time of his death and was known to stay at a former designated site for people living homeless near the Durango Tech Center. The 48-year-old\u2019s parents are dead, and all his children and siblings are estranged, said Donna Mae Baukat, executive director at Community Compassion Outreach.<\/p>\n

Durango police struggled at the time of Douglas\u2019 death to get information from people living homeless about the case, both Baukat and Shupe said. Law enforcement \u201cprocessed quite a bit of physical evidence,\u201d Shupe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe victim\u2019s body wasn\u2019t discovered for a while, maybe 30 days,\u201d Shupe said. \u201cThat typically complicates a case.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rewards often lead law enforcement to good information, he said. Police are looking for \u201canyone with any information, whoever may have seen him last, anyone who had contact, had known of any confrontations or anything that may lead us in the direction of solving this crime,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Anyone interested in donating to the Dylan Fund reward account can visit Bank of the San Juans to deposit cash, check or credit card payment to the \u201cDylan Fund Account.\u201d Checks can be made payable to Community Compassion Outreach, and donations are accepted through PayPal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to garner cooperation and help,\u201d Shupe said. \u201cAt the end of the day, we have a victim out there and we need to seek justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

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