El Paso deputies ask public’s help ID’ing skull found in Rampart Range area

El Paso County Sheriff’s Office deputies are asking for the public’s help identifying a man’s skull found Oct. 8, 2020.

El Paso deputies ask public’s help ID’ing skull found in Rampart Range area

El Paso County Sheriff’s Office deputies are asking for the public’s help identifying a man’s skull found in 2020 near the Rampart Range mountains.

A model of a face based on a skull found Oct. 8, 2020, near the Rampart Range in El Paso County is pictured in this image provided by El Paso deputies. (El Paso County Sheriff's Office)
A model of a face based on a skull found in El Paso County. (El Paso County Sheriff’s Office)

The skull was discovered Oct. 8, 2020, near Forest Service Road 300 and 315, close to the Teller County line and Woodland Park.

Deputies said in a news release that the man likely died at least five years before the skull’s discovery. He had a right peg lateral tooth and a slight build.

Anyone with information about the skull is asked to contact Matt Reid of the El Paso County Coroner’s Office at 719-390-2450 or the sheriff’s office at 719-390-5555.

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