BAILEY, Colo. — Authorities have pieced together the identity — and suspected killer, now deceased — of a man whose skeletal remains were found at a remote campground in Park County in May 2024.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) shared the update on Friday, in partnership with collaborating agencies, including the Golden Police Department, Park County Sheriff’s Office and the Park County Coroner’s Office.
The deceased was identified as John Cizek, 71, of Newark, California, CBI confirmed. He was killed in June 2016, about eight years before his remains were found near the Deer Creek Campground outside of Bailey.
A fisherman discovered the skeletal remains in a shallow, frozen grave near a river on May 28, 2024, CBI reported. The skull had an apparent — and later, confirmed — gunshot wound. The remains were found with clothing…