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Richard Dick Isaacs, 65, was shot and killed in the Aspen Springs subdivision of Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The shooting happened on May 13, 2017, and his body was found the next day; the Archuleta County Coroner ruled the manner of death a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds to the head, neck, chest, and abdomen.

Investigators identified a neighbor, Chad Nystrom, as a suspect and say the shooting occurred during a gathering at Nystrom’s property. Reports indicate Nystrom and a woman named Charlotte Benally traveled to Grand Junction after the incident and returned to Pagosa Springs the next day, when the shooting was reported. Nystrom was arrested and initially charged with second-degree murder; Benally was taken into custody as an alleged accessory.

The first jury trial for Nystrom ended in a hung jury and a mistrial. Charges against Benally were later dropped. Nystrom ultimately pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to six years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for Isaacs’s death.

Did anyone in Pagosa Springs know Isaacs or have information about the gathering at Nystrom’s property?