On the evening of May 11, 2021, 60-year-old Wayne Moore, who was living in his vehicle in and around Parachute, Colorado, was found unresponsive in his car parked on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 6. Deputies from the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an injured person and discovered Moore had been shot multiple times. The scene was ruled a homicide.

Investigators from the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, and the Parachute Police Department conducted numerous interviews and executed several search warrants as the inquiry continued. In May 2024, authorities identified 30-year-old John Michael Worley of Parachute as the primary suspect and arrested him on a warrant charging first-degree murder, stalking, and tampering with physical evidence; he was held in the Garfield County Jail on a $5 million bond.

The killing left the small community unsettled while detectives pursued leads for nearly three years before the arrest. If anyone knew Wayne, his movements around Parachute, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.