Fernando Chavez-Lara, a 31-year-old Hispanic man, was reported missing to the Denver Police Department on November 7, 2015, after last being seen five days earlier. More than a month later his body was found in Aurora on December 19, 2015.

Aurora officers responding at about 5:11 a.m. located a vehicle in the 14100 block of East 32nd Avenue with Chavez-Lara inside. He had been shot in the head and his hands were bound behind his back; investigators believed he had been deceased for some time before discovery. No suspects or arrests have been publicly identified and the Aurora Police Department lists the case as an open, unsolved homicide.

Anyone who may have seen Fernando between his last sighting in early November and mid-December 2015, or who has information about the vehicle or anyone seen in that area during the pre-dawn hours of December 19, is asked to contact Aurora police.