Marcos Bencomo, 36, was shot and killed outside a residence on White Avenue in Clifton, Colorado, on January 21, 2021. He was found with a gunshot wound to the head and died despite life-saving efforts at the scene. Witnesses reported a black Jeep Liberty fleeing the area; that vehicle was later found abandoned in a parking lot at the Clifton Nature Park.

Mesa County Sheriff’s Office investigators quickly developed leads identifying 56-year-old Frank Kurtz as the primary suspect and 37-year-old Charity Perschbacher as a person of interest. An arrest warrant for Kurtz charged him with first-degree murder and possession of a weapon by a previous offender. On January 28, 2021, both Kurtz and Perschbacher were located and taken into custody without incident in the Clifton neighborhood where the shooting occurred.

Kurtz later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the killing of Marcos Bencomo; he also pleaded guilty to burglary and assaulting an inmate. Perschbacher faced felony charges for drug and weapon possession. Did anyone in the Clifton area see the black Jeep Liberty that left the scene on January 21?