Routine auto-theft call in Gilpin County leads to multi-city manhunt and death investigation

Wednesday's multi-city manhunt started as a routine call on a stolen vehicle. When Gilpin County deputies got to the Coyote Motel, a custodian pointed out another man who he thought was “sleeping” in the parking lot. That man was dead— a 67-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his head. As of Wednesday afternoon, the sheriff’s office doesn't think the two crimes are connected.