(OLD COLORADO CITY, Colo.) — The deaths of two people in Old Colorado City on Sunday, Feb. 2 are being investigated as a murder-suicide, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD).
Officers originally responded shortly after 11 a.m. on Sunday to the 900 block of North 19th Street, north of Uintah Street, for a welfare check. When they arrived, officers found a man and woman, both dead of at least one gunshot wound.
On Feb. 3, the El Paso County Coroner’s Office identified the two people as 40-year-old Vanessa Whyte and 37-year-old Bryan Severin. While the Coroner’s Office will determine the cause and manner of death, Whyte’s death is being investigated as a homicide and Severin’s death is being investigated as a suicide.
According to CSPD, all involved in this incident have been accounted for, though the investigation remains active. Anyone with information is asked to contact CSPD at (719) 444-4000. To remain anonymous, you can contact the Pikes Peak Area Crime Stoppers Tip Line at (719) 634-STOP (7867).
Whyte’s death marks the seventh homicide in Colorado Springs in 2025. At the same time in 2024, there had been one homicide.
