PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) – Mississippi deputies announced that a man and a woman, who were wanted in Colorado, have been captured.
Pearl River County deputies announced on Monday, December 30 that Johnny Morris and Hailey Cole were taken into custody.
Morris and Cole were wanted in connection to an alleged homicide in Colorado. The investigation spanned multiple counties in Colorado, and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) confirmed the discovery of the vehicle, which had been the focus of a multi-state search.
According to the EPSO, the investigation began just before 7:00 p.m. on December 19 when deputies responded to a home on Pima Drive. While on scene, deputies discovered “large quantities of blood” in multiple locations throughout the home.
On Monday, December 23, EPSO asked the community for help looking for a black Audi A4 with Colorado license plate “MYZFYT” that was tied to the missing persons case.
Then, on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, Park County deputies responded to a home on Campfire Road near Hartsel for a welfare check. While responding, deputies found a black Audi at a trailhead about half a mile from the Campfire Road home, and it matched the BOLO for the El Paso County missing persons case.
EPSO was contacted, and deputies responded to the scene in Park County. Meanwhile, Park County deputies searched the Campfire Road home on the welfare check, where they found an adult man dead.
According to the coroner, the person was identified as 65-year-old Timmy L. Hudson, of Hartsel. Hudson’s death is under investigation by multiple agencies, including the coroner’s office, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, the Park County Sheriff’s Office, and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.
The EPSO asked the community to be on the lookout for a blue 1994 Ford F-150 pickup truck with a distinct “HUNTER” sticker on the left fender, as well as Morris and Cole. The vehicle was later located on Saturday, December 28 in the Hattiesburg, Mississippi, area.
