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    Cole J. Pollard

  • Patricia Denise Richmond

    Patricia Denise Richmond

  • Routt County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Stewart Curcio, left, Coroner Rob...

    Routt County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Stewart Curcio, left, Coroner Rob Ryg, middle, and Sheriff Garrett Wiggins, right, talk to people at the scene of a suspected homicide in North Routt County on Monday night. Photo by Scott Franz/Steamboat Today

  • Authorities are searching for Cole Pollard in the Trappers Lake...

    Authorities are searching for Cole Pollard in the Trappers Lake area in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area.

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Denver Post city desk reporter Kieran ...
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A 22-year-old man has been arrested on charges of first-degree murder in the death of a Routt County woman.

Cole Pollard, 22, was found Wednesday near Trappers Lake in Garfield County after a vehicle he was believed to be driving was found the night before, according to the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office.

Trappers Lake is in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area southwest of Steamboat Springs.

Pollard is being held in connection to the death Monday of 23-year-old Patricia Denise Richmond. Her body was found bound inside the home of her fiance’s parents in Clark, which is north of Steamboat Springs.

Richmond was found face down and tied up. An autopsy was performed Wednesday, but no cause of death was released, the Steamboat Pilot & Today reported.

Cole is the cousin of Richmond’s fiance, Routt County Sheriff Garrett Wiggins told the Pilot.

Wiggins has said he believed Pollard had been living with his grandparents in Routt County. Wiggins had little information on Pollard’s background, except that he had lived in several states.

Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822, knicholson@denverpost.com or twitter.com/kierannicholson