On July 31, 2020, at approximately 6:03 AM, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office received a 9-1-1 call from a party who reported seeing a person laying on the side of the road on Highway 24 in Cascade.

Deputies responded to the area and discovered an adult female deceased.

The victim has been identified as 22-year-old Dedrea L. Duncan.  We would like to express our sympathies to the friends and family of Ms. Duncan.

Detectives continue to investigate this homicide to determine who may have been involved with this death. At this point in our investigation, we do not feel there is any threat to the community.

The Sheriff's Office is asking for anyone with any information regarding this case to call our Tip Line at 719-520-6666. Any information may prove valuable in solving the case and could consist of things as simple as residents remembering suspicious vehicles or people they saw in or around the area on the date of this crime.

This is the eighth homicide this year in Unincorporated El Paso County.  At this time last year there were six.