On December 19, 2020, 62-year-old Karmen Kathleen Keefauver was found with a life-threatening gunshot wound in the Shavano Valley Road area of Montrose, Colorado. She was taken to Montrose Memorial Hospital but died later that day from her injuries, leaving family and the community grieving.

A joint investigation by the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation identified an 11-year-old as involved in the shooting. The juvenile was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder and placed at the Grand Mesa Youth Services facility. Colorado law has kept the child’s name and any possible motive from public release, so many details about the circumstances and what led to the shooting remain undisclosed.

If anyone knew Karmen, saw activity near Shavano Valley Road on December 19, 2020, or has information about the incident, please share what is known with investigators.