In the early hours of May 8, 2023, a Ford F250 was found off Highway 50 near Sapinero, Colorado, with two men inside who had been shot. Estefan Coronado, 33, of Fruita, Colorado, and 45-year-old Colin Roy Williams of Clifton were both located in the pickup with multiple gunshot wounds to their torsos; reports state they were shot from behind. A Gunnison County deputy on patrol around 4:15 a.m. found the scene and encountered a man walking away from the truck who admitted to the shooting and was taken into custody without resistance.

The man identified by investigators as Zachary Baker, 27, of Grand Junction, was arrested and charged in connection with the deaths. Authorities say Baker told them he had become paranoid that Coronado and Williams intended to harm him and acted in self-defense, and that he had known the two men for only a couple of weeks. The Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, and the Gunnison County Coroner handled the investigation.

If anyone knew Estefan Coronado, where he spent time, or has information about the events on Highway 50 that morning, please share what you know.