{"id":17982,"date":"2019-08-26T13:30:45","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T19:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=59659"},"modified":"2019-08-27T08:04:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T14:04:47","slug":"fugitive-found-dead-in-car-one-year-after-being-charged-with-child-sex-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/fugitive-found-dead-in-car-one-year-after-being-charged-with-child-sex-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Fugitive found dead in car one year after being charged with child sex assault"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kenneth M. Campbell<\/strong>
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The discovery of a badly decomposed body inside a car in Grand County has brought to an end a yearlong search for a man accused of sexually assaulting a child.<\/p>\n

A warrant was issued for Kenneth M. Campbell, 43, in September 2018 charging him with sexual assault on a child, in addition to several other associated felonies, after an investigation was initiated by Fraser Winter Park police in August 2018.<\/p>\n

On Aug. 20, Campbell\u2019s body was found inside a green Subaru station wagon in \u201can advanced stage of decomposition,\u201d leading authorities to believe the man died about a year ago.<\/p>\n

Because sheriff\u2019s deputies found the Subaru with a hose going from its exhaust pipe into the passenger\u2019s compartment, the manner of death will be listed as suicide.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the trauma he inflicted on his victim, we are saddened that Campbell will not ever be held accountable for his actions through our justice system,\u201d Police Chief Glen Trainor said in a statement. \u201cHowever, his death also ensures our victim will not have to be re-traumatized through what most likely would have been a very long and drawn out court process.\u201d <\/p>\n

Campbell was living in Fraser last fall but disappeared shortly after the investigation. His last known location was in Park County, but neither his friends nor family had heard anything from him, according to police.<\/p>\n

With assistance from the U.S. Marshall\u2019s Office, Fraser Winter Park police secured search warrants for Campbell\u2019s phone and social media accounts, but had no luck tracking him down that way.<\/p>\n

The area where the car was found was on a dead-end road about four miles past Meadow Creek Reservoir in a remote part of Arapahoe Roosevelt National Forest.<\/p>\n

Over the phone, Trainor said the Subaru was hidden off the road, but it wasn\u2019t all that far off the road. He said the car would have been covered in snow throughout the winter, but he\u2019s somewhat curious himself how a car with a body in it goes unnoticed for so long.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s the question everyone in law enforcement has right now,\u201d Trainor said.<\/p>\n

Inside the car, police found identification documents. Also, the car was registered to Campbell, and the coroner\u2019s office matched tattoos on the body to the man, Trainor said of how police made a positive ID.<\/p>\n

Because the body had been there so long, there is no way to perform toxicology tests at this point, Trainor said.<\/p>\n

The Grand County Coroner\u2019s Office also responded to the scene along with the East Grand Fire Department.<\/p>\n

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