{"id":1311892,"date":"2019-06-27T14:50:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T20:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=982470"},"modified":"2019-06-27T14:50:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T20:50:36","slug":"gypsum-area-deputy-and-volunteer-firefighter-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/gypsum-area-deputy-and-volunteer-firefighter-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Gypsum area deputy and volunteer firefighter missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.4032786885246\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-982470-278\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/tyler-esslinger-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/tyler-esslinger-799x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Provided | Tyler Esslinger was last seen on Tuesday, June 25.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Tyler Esslinger was last seen on Tuesday, June 25.<\/strong><br \/>Provided<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/tyler-esslinger-799x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Tyler Esslinger was last seen on Tuesday, June 25.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/tyler-esslinger2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/tyler-esslinger2-724x1024.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Provided | Tayler is a lifelong Eagle Valley local and a detention deputy at the Eagle County Sheriff\u2019s Office.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Tayler is a lifelong Eagle Valley local and a detention deputy at the Eagle County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/strong><br \/>Provided<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/tyler-esslinger2-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Tayler is a lifelong Eagle Valley local and a detention deputy at the Eagle County Sheriff\u2019s Office.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/tyler-esslinger3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/tyler-esslinger3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Provided | Tayler Esslinger was last seen driving a 2011 black Dodge pickup with firefighter license plates.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Tayler Esslinger was last seen driving a 2011 black Dodge pickup with firefighter license plates.<\/strong><br \/>Provided<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/tyler-esslinger3.jpg\" alt=\"Tayler Esslinger was last seen driving a 2011 black Dodge pickup with firefighter license plates. \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/gypsum-area-deputy-and-volunteer-firefighter-missing\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/gypsum-area-deputy-and-volunteer-firefighter-missing\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>EAGLE COUNTY \u2014 About 40 people are searching for a sheriff\u2019s deputy and volunteer firefighter who has been missing since Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Tayler Esslinger, 26, of Gypsum, was last seen early Tuesday morning driving a 2011 black Dodge pickup with firefighter license plates with the number 719YBC.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Esslinger, Tayler\u2019s brother, said searchers are combing Spring Creek Road and surrounding areas. He said they may have found tire tracks that belong to Tayler\u2019s truck, but the truck has not been found. It\u2019s possible that Tayler has left the county, though, Tyler added.<\/p>\n<p>Friends, family, co-workers and community members met Thursday morning at the Gypsum fire station to coordinate search efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Tayler, a lifelong Eagle Valley local, is a detention deputy at the Eagle County Sheriff\u2019s Office and a volunteer engineer with the Gypsum Fire Protection District.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any information, call Vail dispatch at 970-479-2201.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/gypsum-area-deputy-and-volunteer-firefighter-missing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler Esslinger was last seen on Tuesday, June 25.Provided Tayler is a lifelong Eagle Valley local and a detention deputy at the Eagle County Sheriff\u2019s Office.Provided Tayler Esslinger was last seen driving a 2011 black Dodge pickup with firefighter license plates.Provided Show CaptionsHide Captions EAGLE COUNTY \u2014 About 40 people are searching for a sheriff\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1311892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 17:46:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1311892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1311892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1311892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1311892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}